Americans are heading to the polls as coronavirus cases and deaths continue to rise. But this isn't the first time the U.S. has held an election during a deadly global pandemic. During the so-called ...

If you really want to depress yourself — and who among isn't depressed enough yet? — type this into the ol' Google search field: "Will COVID-19 ever end?" And then, separately, go read, "The Great ...

FARGO — NDSU students are asking the public to take a look back on a different pandemic that hit the Red River Valley. Public history students are opening an art exhibit called “Remembering the ...

WILLMAR -- The first ominous signs were innocent enough. They appeared in a weekly dispatch in the Willmar Tribune from Camp Dodge, Iowa, in the spring of 1918. New military recruits from Kandiyohi ...

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 ...

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 ...

It’s undeniable that the COVID-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on our lives. And for many of us in the United States, it’s the first pandemic we’ve ever experienced. However, it’s not the ...

Welcome, everyone. You're watching Coronavirus in Context. I'm Dr. John Whyte, Chief Medical Officer at WebMD. I've been talking about COVID-19 since March, and everybody wants to know, when will this ...

The early fall of 1918 brought the deadly Spanish influenza to Baltimore — our other, earlier pandemic. The death toll, often affecting people in their 20s and 30s, was devastating. But public ...

Streetcars could barely make their way through the crowd of thousands celebrating Nov. 11, 1918, in downtown Louisville. Celebratory gunfire and fireworks popped. Church bells rang. Businesses closed ...

Since early 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic raged both across the U.S. and the world, various photographs of masks worn during the 1918-1920 influenza pandemic were shared online, as we noted with ...