1918 Flu
The 1918–1920 flu pandemic, also known as the Great Influenza epidemic or by the common misnomer Spanish flu, was an exceptionally deadly global influenza ...
Purple Death: The Great Flu of 1918 - PAHO/WHO
No matter what they called it, the virus attacked everyone similarly. It started like any other influenza case, with a sore throat, chills and fever. Then came ...
Spanish Flu: Causes, Symptoms, Pandemic & History
The 1918 influenza pandemic (“Spanish flu”) was a series of outbreaks of severe flu virus that happened from 1918 to 1919, near the end of World War I.
The Influenza Epidemic of 1918 - National Archives
The influenza epidemic that swept the world in 1918 killed an estimated 50 million people. One fifth of the world's population was attacked by this deadly ...
History of 1918 Flu Pandemic - CDC Archive
History of 1918 Flu Pandemic ... The 1918 influenza pandemic was the most severe pandemic in recent history. It was caused by an H1N1 virus with genes of avian ...
Influenza pandemic of 1918–19 | Cause, Origin, & Spread | Britannica
Influenza pandemic of 1918–19, the most severe influenza outbreak of the 20th century and among the most devastating pandemics in human ...
1918 Influenza: the Mother of All Pandemics - PMC
The "Spanish" influenza pandemic of 1918–1919, which caused ≈50 million deaths worldwide, remains an ominous warning to public health.
The 1918-1919 Influenza Pandemic in the United States
The 1918-1919 Influenza Pandemic in the United States: Lessons Learned and Challenges Exposed. Alexandra Minna Stern.
The Flu Pandemic of 1918 - National Archives
Red Cross workers make anti-influenza masks for soldiers, Boston, Massachusetts. (National Archives Identifier 45499341) Before COVID-19, ...
Reconstruction of the 1918 Influenza Pandemic Virus - CDC Archive
Scientists continue to work on development of new antivirals which may be effective against a 1918-like virus. The reconstruction of the 1918 H1N1 pandemic ...
The 1918 Influenza Pandemic - virus
It has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in recorded world history. More people died of influenza in a single year than in four-years of the Black ...
One Scientist's Thoughts on Comparing COVID-19 to the 1918 Flu ...
Direct comparisons of the 1918 flu pandemic and the COVID-19 pandemic may not be completely fair, according to one scientist.
The effect of public health measures on the 1918 influenza ... - PNAS
The most important conclusion from this work is that the timing of public health interventions had a profound influence on the pattern of the autumn wave of the ...
Penn and the 1918 Influenza Epidemic
The University of Pennsylvania, though not as badly hit as other parts of Philadelphia, was still significantly affected by the influenza epidemic.
Spanish Flu ‑ Symptoms, How It Began & Ended | HISTORY
The Spanish flu pandemic of 1918-1919 was the deadliest pandemic in world history, infecting some 500 million people across the globe.
Frailty and survival in the 1918 influenza pandemic - PNAS
The results of this study reveal a complicated picture of frailty and survival during the 1918 pandemic in Cleveland, Ohio. ... Based on the ...
100 years ago the 1918 influenza pandemic devastated entire communities and took at least 675000 American lives. It was the most severe ...
How the Horrific 1918 Flu Spread Across America | Smithsonian
After that third wave, the 1918 virus did not go away, but it did lose its extraordinary lethality, partly because many human immune systems now recognized it ...
The Influenza Pandemic and The War
Contrary to popular belief the 1918 virus - now known to be of the H1N1 strain - did not originate in Spain but rather in Kansas in the United States. In ...
Medical Innovations: From the 1918 Pandemic to a Flu Vaccine
The 1918 Flu Pandemic peaked the same month as World War I ended, and contributed to the instability around the world in the following ...