“Spanish flu” spreads through contact or close proximity to infected persons. Over the next year, 550,000 Americans died from the disease and more than 20 million people worldwide. #WW1 pic ...

The Spanish flu pandemic of 1918 is believed to have infected about a third of the world's population. ... many of whom were sent to Ireland during WW1 (Colorado hospital) ...

Red Cross volunteers fight the Spanish Flu pandemic in the United States in 1918. (APIC / Getty Images) This article appears in the January 11/18, 2021 issue .

One hundred years ago. the influenza pandemic of 1918, also known as the Spanish flu, infected 500 million people worldwide. It has been called the "greatest medical holocaust in history." ...

In 1918, 125,000 cases of the flu were reported in Minnesota, causing 7,260 deaths. Keep Minnesota news paywall-free. Start a monthly gift today to keep our in-depth journalism free for all to access.

By 1919, one year later, the so-called Spanish flu had spread around the world, killing an estimated 50 million people, with more than 500,000 dead in the U.S. (That included 195,000 just in the ...

10 Misconceptions About the 1918 'Spanish Flu' In the pandemic of 1918, between 50 and 100 million people are thought to have died, representing as much as 5% of the world’s population.

The Spanish flu in 1918 paused traditional campaigning but the elections went on as planned. Latest U.S.

The hospital cared for many patients during the Spanish Flu epidemic in 1918-19. The hospital, built in 1907 to replace one that was destroyed in the 1896 tornado. The city closed it in 1985, and ...

View of victims of the Spanish flu cases as they lie in beads at a barracks hospital on the campus ... More of Colorado Agricultural College, Fort Collins, Colorado, 1918.