On this day, a group of masked and costumed college students danced through the streets of New Orleans, and it's compared to the celebrations we know today. The country music hall of famer started in ...

An in-depth look at the 1918 influenza pandemic, often called the “Spanish Flu,” examining its global impact, death toll estimates, and how it reshaped public health worldwide. House Republicans give ...

In the winter of 1918, an illness was spreading in Haskell County, Kansas. The remote farming community in the state's southwestern corner sat roughly 300 miles from anywhere most Americans would ...

The 1918 flu pandemic, often referred to as the Spanish flu, was one of the deadliest pandemics in history, claiming the lives of an estimated 50 million people worldwide. Despite its devastating ...

BERRYVILLE — An exhibit opening this week at the Clarke County Historical Association (CCHA) chronicles how the community coped with the deadliest disease outbreak in world history. “A Fearful Scourge ...

On this date in 1918, the Spanish Flu had reached North Dakota. The state’s first confirmed case was a U.S. Marine on leave in New Rockford. Within a week, 100 local cases were reported, along with ...

Scientists have decoded a century-old killer hiding in a preserved lung. New genetic evidence from 1918 reveals the virus was evolving faster—and earlier—than anyone thought. Led by Dr. Verena ...

In May 1919, Spanish flu hit the remote village of Unalaska like a sledgehammer. Nearly all 360 residents got sick, including 75 of 77 children at the Jesse Lee Home orphanage. Coast Guard sailors ...

A pair of lungs preserved over a century ago from a deceased Spanish flu patient has helped unravel the genetic adaptations undergone by the virus to spread across Europe during the start of the 1918 ...