Even after that virus died out, it would be years before scientists better understood what happened, and some mystery still ...
A mess cook's sick call visit at Camp Funston became the first recorded military case of an outbreak that killed more U.S. soldiers than the Germans did in WWI.
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Why is it called Spanish flu?

In 1918, a strain of influenza known as Spanish flu caused a global pandemic, spreading rapidly and killing indiscriminately.
EUGENE, OR -- A 103-year-old Oregon woman is fearlessly taking on her second pandemic. Bernice Homan recently received her first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. She lived through the 1918 flu pandemic, ...
Should I use soap and water or wear a mask? Should I take the train? Will they close the schools? What will this do to local businesses? Aspen’s residents faced the 1918 influenza pandemic with the ...
“Churches, Schools, Shows closed.” “Flu epidemic ravages fast.” “Lid to go on city today.” Those headlines are familiar today, but they screamed across newspapers more than 100 years ago during the ...