The first wave of the pandemic had arrived. (What is the difference between an epidemic and a pandemic?) The Spanish flu strain killed its victims with a swiftness never seen before. In the United ...

The Spanish flu epidemic of 1918 brought with it a slew of folk-medicine remedies. After all, the flu was scary—and there was ...

Midnite Mines Inc. announced that it had uncovered new uranium deposits on its claims on the Spokane Indian Reservation.

Barry’s 2004 book “The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest ... the Army had conducted some experiments with masks after a measles epidemic was killing a lot of soldiers in Army camps.

The 1918 Spanish flu epidemic killed an estimated 50-100 million people. There are four types of influenza viruses: A, B, C, and D. Seasonal flu outbreaks in humans are mostly caused by A and B ...

María Branyas Morera was born in San Francisco in 1907 and moved to Spain in 1915, during World War I and shortly before the Spanish Flu epidemic, according to Guinness World Records Anna Lazarus ...

The other two recreate and research the particularly virulent strain responsible for the 1918 Spanish flu epidemic, which killed all laboratory mice within 6 days. The findings have ...

Over the years, the U.S. has provided up to 20% of its funding. The so-called Spanish Flu epidemic from 1918-1921 illustrates the importance of having a worldwide effort to prevent the spread of ...