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After 1918 flu pandemic, KU chancellor’s intervention might have kept homesick student from leaving

A quickly constructed hospital on the University of Kansas campus housed the influx of patients coming down with Spanish influenza in the fall of 1918. During the fall of 1918, World War I was ... read more

A Century After 1918 Influenza Pandemic, Survey Says We Have Work To Do

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Science I cover the history of science, technology, and exploration. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the devastating 1918 flu pandemic ... read more

1918 flu pandemic will be subject of next brown bag lecture at Comer Library

SYLACAUGA --One of the deadliest disasters in history will be the topic of next week’s SouthFirst Bank Lecture Series program, according to a press release. Birmingham Public Library archivist Jim Bag... read more

Prevent another flu pandemic; get vaccinated (Your letters)

A century ago, the world witnessed its worst infectious disease pandemic in recorded history. Influenza infected an estimated 500 million people extending throughout all seven continents, infecting on... read more

Lessons from the 1918 flu pandemic, 100 years on

With flu season nearly upon us, a new study looks at the factors behind the extremely high mortality of the 1918 flu pandemic and how to prepare for future pandemics. “We’ve seen three additional infl... read more

A pandemic killing tens of millions of people is a real possibility — and we are not prepared for it

Advances in science and medicine have given us many tools to combat a pandemic flu that we lacked a century ago. In the event that existing vaccines provide no protection from a particular new flu thr... read more

CDC, local docs: Now is the time to get the flu shot

And after an especially severe flu season last year, as well as the 100th anniversary of the Spanish flu pandemic this year, many health care professionals and organizations also are stressing the imp... read more

Our history: City suffered through deadly 1918 flu pandemic

Our history: City suffered through deadly 1918 flu pandemic One hundred years ago, Cincinnati suffered through the Spanish influenza pandemic that killed 50 million to 100 million people worldwide. Ch... read more

Experts share thoughts on ‘Pandemic of 1918’

One hundred years ago, the tragic toll of the great influenza pandemic reached an unimaginable scale in Montana. Join Father Patrick Beretta, Dr. John Pullman and Ellen Crain of the Butte Archives ... read more

100 years ago this month, Spanish flu ravaged Rapid City

A global influenza pandemic, known as the Spanish flu, had swept into the city. Despite extraordinary attempts to fight the flu’s spread from person to person, hundreds of Rapid Citians fell ill ... read more

5 Things You Need to Know for this Year’s Flu Season

This year also follows a high severity 2017/2018 flu season, with many wondering what they might expect this year. To help better understand both seasonal and pandemic flu, I have created a list of 5 ... read more

With ‘I Got My Flu Shot’ Stickers, HUHS Wards Off Winter Epidemic

This year, Hanage said the flu seems to be derived from the H1N1 strain, the same one that caused the 2009 swine flu pandemic. He warned about the unpredictability of the flu, especially this early in ... read more