Have you had your flu shot yet? If not, history suggests it might be a good idea. That’s because today we think back to Sept. 16, 1918, when doctors at the Navy base reported the first documented case ...

The Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918 to 1920 was one of the deadliest events in human history. It spread rapidly across the world during the final year of World War I. Unlike most flu viruses, it killed ...

The influenza ward at Walter Reed Hospital during the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918 Library of Congress The Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 reached just about every continent throughout the globe.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - As World War I raged on, the City of Charleston was battling a fast increase in Spanish Flu cases on Oct. 6, 1918. The first case of the infection was discovered at an Army ...

The Spanish flu of 1918 and 1919 became a worldwide pandemic that consumed the lives of many a young person beginning to find their footing in the world. Arthur E. Thompson, a native of Cole County, ...

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 ...

One Davos discussion titled "Are We Ready For the Next Pandemic?" was joined by experts including Sylvie Briand, a specialist in infectious diseases at the World Health Organisation (WHO). "Pandemics ...

Introduction : the purple death -- "The Yanks are coming" -- The Spanish lady -- "Blue as huckleberries and spitting blood" -- "Over the top" : a brief history of World War I -- "Over there" : the ...

This wasn’t just important for the church. It was important for the town,' says church official ahead of special service, ...