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 ...

Now, as we reflect on five years since the declaration of the COVID-19 pandemic and face economic uncertainty imposed by the ...

Scientist Johan Hultin traveled to Brevig Mission, Alaska, a town of a few hundred souls in the summer of 1997. He was searching for buried bodies, and Alaska’s frozen ground was the perfect ...

What can the 1918 Flu epidemic teach us about COVID-19, asks Professor Marc Zimmer. CC Magazine: The Spanish Flu didn’t start in Spain. Why did the Iberian country get stuck with the name? Marc Zimmer ...

Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen is a 2009 television drama. It deals with Dr James Niven's attempts to deal with the 1918 flu pandemic in Manchester. Its screenplay was written by Peter Harness ...

Men dig a mass trench grave for the victims. Courtesy: NARA Officials in Philadelphia knew what was coming their way. All through September 1918 they had seen reports coming out of Boston of a ...

A man spraying an anti-flu preparation on a London General Omnibus Co bus to try to kill the Spanish flu virus in London in 1920 Nobody is certain about the origins of Spanish influenza (usually ...

The three sub-heads below it laid out the thumbnail details of a man’s demise in the chilly prose of an obituary writer. The first addressed the cause. Joe Hall’s death was the last awful ...

RICHMOND, Va. — This year’s flu season has been particularly severe, prompting concerns for those with weakened immune systems, particularly cancer survivors. Cynthia Bruner is a living ...

No matter where you look up the meaning of the word “plague”, it’s never a good thing. It can be confusing, because as a verb, plague means “to cause continual distress”, yet as a noun ...

The Blue Ridge Wildlife Center (BRWC) in Clarke County has seen a recent spike in bird flu cases, so it's urging people to protect themselves and their pets ...