COVID-19 has now killed about as many Americans as the 1918-19 Spanish flu pandemic did — approximately 675,000. The U.S. population a century ago was just one-third of what it is today, meaning the ...

WILMETTE, Ill. (WLS) -- Norma Bratschi Hoza turned 101 in February, a milestone she celebrated with her large family. Less than two months later, she was diagnosed with COVID-19 and died on April 2, ...

It's been dubbed "the forgotten pandemic" — possibly because it coincided with some of the most momentous events in world history. But Dr John Gerrard argues variants of the H3N2 flu, which led to the ...

The main strains of influenza virus circulating now are similar to those that caused the severe outbreaks last season.

Global deaths from COVID-19 now stand at more than 4.6 million. The Spanish flu death toll numbers are rough guesses, given the incomplete records of the era and the poor scientific understanding of ...