$ 0 0 Series: The Flu And Wisconsin's Public HealthEvolving Research Is Exposing How Flu Crosses The Species BarrierWill CushmanWisContextMarch 5, 2019 | 4:30 p.m.The 1918 influenza pandemic prompted intense interest in the disease, including in Wisconsin, placing scientists in the state at the vanguard of flu research over the ensuing century.