Spanish hospitals are having a hard time dealing with the increased number of people with flu, overwhelming the emergency services of a dozen autonomous communities, according to local media reports.

In 1918, the world experienced its last major pandemic: the outbreak of the “Spanish flu.” It was the deadliest pandemic in human history in terms of the per-capita mortality rate. As many ...

After the devastation of the first world war came the Spanish flu. It did not actually come ... blisters and scratching it into their own skin. This allowed the body to learn the virus’ code ...

At the height of annual flu season, U.S. health officials on Thursday said clinicians should more quickly ensure people who are ill don't have bird flu. While the risk to the general public ...

It’s the Sick Apple. Norovirus infections jumped a stomach-turning 159% last month compared to the same span last year in NYC, where flu cases are also up nearly 25% so far in 2025, city ...

Flu pandemics are rare, though, occurring roughly three times a century, Michael says. Perhaps the most notable is the so-called “Spanish flu” of 1918–1919, when the Centers for Disease ...

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 ...

This season's wave of flu cases is arriving later than it has in the past two years. After the COVID-19 pandemic, annual waves of influenza during the colder months increased weeks earlier than ...

A subtype of bird flu caused by avian influenza A (H5) virus has been spreading worldwide in wild birds with a few outbreaks in poultry, dairy cows and other mammals across the United States ...