A mess cook's sick call visit at Camp Funston became the first recorded military case of an outbreak that killed more U.S. soldiers than the Germans did in WWI.
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Spanish flu killed more than World War I

Between 1918 and 1920, the Spanish Influenza tore across the globe and killed tens of millions, making it one of the deadliest pandemics in recorded history. Unlike many other outbreaks, it struck ...
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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 ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Awilly Chofle urged islanders to avoid the hospital if they had flu symptoms [BBC] More islanders are attending the Emergency ...
In the fall of 1918, Edward Kidder Graham, the president of the University of North Carolina, tried to reassure anxious parents. The Spanish flu was spreading rapidly, but Graham insisted the ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) was discharged from the hospital on Tuesday after experiencing flu-like symptoms early last week and ...
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is hospitalized with flu-like symptoms but has a “positive” prognosis, his office says. “In an abundance of caution, after experiencing flu-like symptoms over the weekend, ...
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) was discharged from the hospital on Tuesday after experiencing flu-like symptoms early last week and will remain away from the Capitol for the rest of the week. The ...
Flu activity increased nationwide after three weeks of decline, driven in part by rising influenza B activity, according to the CDC’s latest Fluview report. Although flu-related hospital admissions ...
KEENAN’S LAW IS WAITING TO BE HEARD IN COMMITTEE. AND THIS JUST IN IN THE WLKY NEWSROOM, U.S. SENATOR MITCH MCCONNELL HAS BEEN RELEASED FROM A WASHINGTON, D.C., HOSPITAL. MORE THAN A WEEK AFTER HE WAS ...