There is a cemetery in a small railroad town in northern Ohio where I grew up that tells a sliver of the story of the great ‘Spanish’ influenza pandemic of 1918. One section of the cemetery is ...

The skeletons of people who were alive during the 1918 flu pandemic have revealed new clues about people who were more likely to die from the virus. Known as the deadliest in history, the 1918 flu ...

The 2009 influenza pandemic A(H1N1)pdm09 of swine origin and the continued circulation of highly pathogenic avian H5N1 strain in humans are stark reminders of the unpredictable nature of the ...

Men wearing masks outside the U.S. Army hospital in Fort Porter, New York, during the 1918 flu pandemic. The images and memories we preserve from COVID-19 are still to be determined. (Credit: Everett ...

Aug. 15, 2024 — A unique influenza vaccine candidate that's inhaled appears safe and could bolster protection against seasonal and pandemic influenza for people ... New Two-Step Flu Vaccine ...

(Steven Decroos/The Canadian Press/Associated Press ... of the H1N1 — another subtype of influenza that has spread since the swine flu pandemic in 2009 — the World Health Organization says ...

Evidence from the Remains of 1918 Flu Pandemic Victims Contradicts Long-Held Belief That Healthy Young Adults Were Particularly Vulnerable Oct. 10, 2023 — New analysis of the remains of victims ...

This was seen in the early days of the Covid pandemic, when men had higher hospitalization and death rates. The same was true during the 1918 flu pandemic, when many more men than women died.

Given all of these unknowns, it would be both premature and immoral to sound the alarm about the next pandemic. At the same time, bird flu is a real and growing concern, and the current state of ...

Since reports emerged earlier this year that dairy cows across the country had been infected with H5N1 bird flu, the prospect that the virus could evolve to spark another pandemic has stoked ...

In 2005, as NIAID director, he praised researchers who'd used a grant from his agency to resurrect the virus that had caused the Spanish flu pandemic. Better understanding that virus would help ...

If you have a cold, Covid or the flu, here’s how to determine whether it’s wise to work out. A U.S. attorney said that Carmine G. Agnello had “shamefully” used the pandemic “as an ...