Century-old pair of lungs stored in jar reveals how 1918 Spanish flu pandemic began - Findings could lead to better ...

Scientists decode how the 1918 flu rapidly adapted to humans—much earlier than thought.

Influenza viruses like bird flu can mix and match their genomes, and this has played a role in at least three of the last ...

Historian Nancy Bristow talked about the 1918 influenza pandemic and how it devastated American civilians and soldiers during the final year of World War I and beyond. She also explained why the ...

Seasonal influenza and the next influenza pandemic could emerge at any time. Four new reports examine lessons learned from COVID-19 that can improve preparedness for an influenza pandemic, including ...

More than a century ago, the globe was left devastated by a pandemic that has been described by experts as " the deadliest in human history." The 1918 influenza pandemic killed at least 50 million ...

The 1918 influenza pandemic swept across the globe, sickening one-third of the world’s population, or about half a billion people, by the end of its terrifying run. At least 50 million people ...

One hundred years ago. the influenza pandemic of 1918, also known as the Spanish flu, infected 500 million people worldwide. It has been called the "greatest medical holocaust in history." ...

August 10, 2010 — The controversial H1N1 influenza pandemic is officially over, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared today. "We are now moving into the postpandemic period," said WHO ...

"El Mañana" from McAllen, a Soanish publication from the influenza pandemic era, in 1917-18. Publications in Spanish reveal what was censored in the English speaking media at the time, says ...

In the case of H7N9, it is believed that the "H7" gene came from avian influenza subtype H7N3, recently found in Chinese ducks, and that the "N9" gene came from either avian influenza subtype H2N9 or ...