Editor’s note: This is the third in a series of the 1918 pandemic involving the Spanish influenza that killed millions worldwide. During the 1918 pandemic, the local newspapers continued to cover ...

Margaret Hogan well remembers the 1918 flu epidemic. She, her mother and her siblings all came down with the disease. The only one who didn't was her father, and he was a busy guy, taking care of his ...

An Oct. 19 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) includes a video with the title “The good ol’ Kansas Flu.” “In 1918, 50 to 100 million people died of the Spanish Flu,” a narrator says. “A few ...

Lots of folks think this is the worst of times. It’s year two of a raging pandemic. Inflation is at the highest level since the early 1980s. There are fears our democracy is under attack. Add climate ...

This flu season has hit the young adult segment of the populace unexpectedly hard. Nearly a century ago, locals primarily between the ages of 20 and 40 were the primary victims of the horrible Spanish ...

One of the major stories of the past year was the concern over the flu and the shortage of flu vaccine. That brings up memories of the terrible influenza epidemic of 1918 which killed thousands, ...

The 1918-19 influenza pandemic infected 500 million people worldwide and killed an estimated 20 million to 50 million. Some estimates go as high as 100 million, including some 675,000 Americans. About ...

Schuylkill County families faced two wars in 1918 — one in Europe, the other at home. The Pottsville Republican and other newspapers ran lists of county residents who died in World War I in France and ...

BACKGROUND The gravity of the Spanish flu has been often associated with inadequate health systems. However, few studies have used health data effectively in their analysis of epidemics. OBJECTIVE To ...

CANYON COUNTY, Idaho — Editor's Note: This article was originally published by the Idaho Press. Christmas and New Years were quiet affairs in Nampa in 1918, since the influenza ban prevented any ...

In the summer of 1918, the director of the District's contagious diseases office boasted that Washington was one of the world's healthiest cities. Yes, there had been some cases of whooping cough and ...