These photos show the devastation of a pandemic, and how the Spanish flu brought the world to its knees not so long ago. There is no universal consensus regarding the origins of the H1N1 influenza ...

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.

It is 100 years since the influenza pandemic killed millions around the world, a death toll far worse ... During the 1918-19 outbreak, it was thought that Spanish flu was caused by bacteria ...

The influenza commonly called "Spanish flu" killed more people than the guns of World War I. Estimates put the worldwide death toll at 21,642,274. Some one billion people were affected by the ...

A university professor and two students recreated a virus identical to the one that caused the devastating 1918 Spanish Flu ...

Spain was the only country hit by the virus that was not involved in World War I; therefore it was the only country to report the true extent of the pandemic. This resulted in the mistaken belief that ...

In 1918, a strain of influenza known as Spanish flu caused a global pandemic, spreading rapidly and killing indiscriminately. Young, old, sick and otherwise-healthy people all became infected — at ...