Growing up and being educated in Ireland, I was well aware of the Great (Spanish) Flu and the enormous mortality it inflicted worldwide (“America Forgot the 1918 Flu. Will We Also Forget Covid?” ...

SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO) — Another grim milestone lies on the horizon as U.S. deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic appear poised to overtake the total U.S. death toll from infamous the 1918 influenza.

Introduction : the elephant in the room -- Part one: The unwalled city -- Coughs and sneezes -- The monads of Leibniz -- Part two: Anatomy of a pandemic -- Ripples on a pond -- Like a thief in the ...

On March 11, 1918, nearly one year into America’s involvement in World War I, the country reported its first case of a new illness at Camp Funston in Fort Riley, Kansas. This disease, an H1N1 strain ...

COVID-19 has now killed about as many Americans as the 1918-19 Spanish flu pandemic did — approximately 675,000. The U.S. population a century ago was just one-third of what it is today, meaning the ...

COVID-19 has now killed about as many Americans as the 1918-19 Spanish flu pandemic did — approximately 675,000. The U.S. population a century ago was just one-third of what it is today, meaning the ...

The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is most likely the deadliest outbreak in recent American history, exceeding the estimated deaths from the 1918 influenza pandemic. Caused by the severe ...

Have you had your flu shot yet? If not, history suggests it might be a good idea. That’s because today we think back to Sept. 16, 1918, when doctors at the Navy base reported the first documented case ...

The global flu outbreak of 1918 killed 50 million people worldwide, ranking as one of the deadliest epidemics in history. For decades, scientists have debated where in the world the pandemic started, ...

The ‘greatest pandemic in history’ was 100 years ago – but many of us still get the basic facts wrong Richard Gunderman, The Conversation Editor's Note, March 17, 2020: This is an updated version of a ...

Scientist Johan Hultin traveled to Brevig Mission, Alaska, a town of a few hundred souls in the summer of 1997. He was searching for buried bodies, and Alaska’s frozen ground was the perfect place to ...