But Spanish flu proved disproportionately fatal to those ... serving on the Western Front," said Ms Mawdsley. A year into her research, the historian discovered her great-great-grandmother ...

During the 1918-19 outbreak, it was thought that Spanish flu was caused by bacteria rather than a virus. Viruses are now better understood, but scientists have also learned a great deal from ...

Spanish flu, also known as the Great Influenza epidemic or the 1918 influenza pandemic, was an exceptionally deadly global influenza pandemic caused by the H1N1 influenza A virus. The earliest ...

The outbreak of this influenza virus, also known as Spanish flu, spread with astonishing speed around the world, overwhelming India, and reaching Australia and the remote Pacific islands.

Between August 1918 and March 1919 the Spanish influenza spread worldwide, claiming over 25 million lives - more people than perished in the fighting of the First World War. It proved fatal to at ...

Why it’s too early to compare COVID-19 with the flu Experts say likening novel coronavirus to the flu understates what’s at stake. To fight the next major pandemic, flu hunters turn to these ...

Unfortunately, despite intensive research over the course of decades ... The first, which took place in 1918 and was referred to as "Spanish" influenza, was the deadliest, claiming an estimated ...

The first cases of the Spanish influenza had just arrived in the southwestern ... system that had just begun to develop vaccines, with research into different germs and bacteria in its infancy.

Citizen science programs aboard cruise ships are documenting outbreaks in areas where researchers seldom tread.