Some questions remain about the origin of the 1918 flu pandemic, but there is plenty of evidence that it was caused by a ...

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 outbreak of this influenza virus, also known as Spanish flu, spread with astonishing speed around the world, overwhelming India, and reaching Australia and the remote Pacific islands.

Hannah Mawdsley, who is researching letters by Spanish flu survivors for her PhD, found out she had a relative who was killed in the pandemic An extraordinary archive of letters written by ...

An article published in Eurosurveillance has demonstrated that Spain's influenza vaccination campaign for children aged 6–59 ...

Scientists convening in Fayetteville this week are sounding the alarm about bird flu, which can affect other animals and ...

Globally, 50m people lost their lives in 1918-19 in what became known as Spanish Flu. It could strike alarmingly quickly, leading to collapse and death within days or even hours. For some ...

“But he chose not to.” The Spanish flu pandemic of 1918 killed an estimated 50 million people worldwide, including about 675,000 in the United States. But no American city was hit harder than ...

Why it’s too early to compare COVID-19 with the flu Experts say likening novel coronavirus to the flu understates what’s at stake. To fight the next major pandemic, flu hunters turn to these ...

16, 1918, when doctors at the Navy base reported the first documented case of the so-called Great Spanish Influenza in Charleston. Over the next few months, 7,154 cases of the flu would be ...