For years, internet users have shared a rumor about U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. falsely claiming that vaccines caused the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic known as the Spanish flu.

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 ...

“Laughs in Spanish,” a newish comedy at Hartford Stage through March 30, thrusts the theater back into 21st century America after the shadowy Victorian spookiness of “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde ...

New York has suffered through more than 432,700 flu cases in the 2024-25 season so far, shattering prior record-high peaks. But flu cases have declined 60% over the past month, suggesting New York ...

Bird flu has been detected in a sheep in England for the first time, the government has said. The single case was identified in Yorkshire during a routine check of livestock on a farm where the ...

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It’s been five years since the start of a zoonotic COVID-19 pandemic that killed millions of people. Now, the United Nations is urging member governments to take coordinated action to address ...

Swine flu (H1N1) cases in India are rising sharply, with over 20,414 infections and 347 deaths reported as of December 2024. Delhi, Kerala, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, and Rajasthan are the ...

Kaitlyn Covert’s cousin died from the flu at age 4 — a few years before Covert was born. Growing up, her family adamantly warned others about the dangers of the flu. Covert, 19, never thought ...

An Antarctic skua, one of the birds hardest hit by avian flu in the region. Peter Prokosch via Flickr A deadly strain of H5N1, commonly known as avian flu, has been found in birds across the ...

A new bird flu outbreak has been confirmed as the virus continues to spread across the US. The deadly H7N9 strain was detected on a poultry farm in Noxubee, Mississippi, last week, for the first ...

One year ago, a human infection of bird flu was reported in Texas. One year ago, the first bird flu infection in a human in the United States was reported in a Texas dairy worker, just weeks after ...