December 27 Boston reports 454 new cases of influenza in a single day. The epidemic will continue its lethal campaign into ...

On at least two occasions, in June 2023 and June 2024, U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he had read "articles" and "evidence" linking the start of the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic, ...

Researchers from the universities of Basel and Zurich have used a historical specimen from UZH's Medical Collection to decode the genome of the virus responsible for the 1918–1920 influenza pandemic ...

LAKEPORT, Calif. – The “Spanish Influenza” epidemic that enveloped the world in 1918 and 1919 infected about 500 million people and killed an estimated 20 to 40 million worldwide. In the United States ...

John Eicher, associate professor of history at Penn State Altoona, has published an article on the 1918 influenza pandemic in the journal Contemporary European History. Analyzing nearly 1,000 memories ...

In early September, city officials in Boston were caught off guard when three civilians dropped dead of influenza.

In a glass jar at the University of Zurich, a lung has been sitting in silence for more than a hundred years. Preserved in formalin, the organ belonged to an 18-year-old Swiss man who died during the ...

It's common to say "I had the flu" for every cold and sniffle. But real influenza is no small malady, and often brings high fevers, severe muscle pains, exhaustion and near delirium that keep ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com. The 1918 influenza pandemic is one of the deadliest in ...

The coronavirus pandemic has created what feels like an unprecedented situation in the District: Schools are closed, hospital workers are overwhelmed, and the region’s iconic public spaces are empty.