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.

The Covid “pandemic’ was nothing compared to the greatest killer of humanity, The Black Death of the 14th century, and the ...

A university professor and two students recreated a virus identical to the one that caused the devastating 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic. If they can do it, so can terrorists. “The Terrorism Warning ...

As the world’s most infamous flu pandemic (often referred to as the Spanish flu) raged from 1918–1920, scientists had very few tools available to help them combat or understand the disease.

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 ...

Periodically, the yearly flu transforms into a particularly virulent strain, like the Spanish flu that killed millions of people in 1918. How do these pandemic strains arise? Aa Aa Aa Although ...

Said Doane: “It would be quite easy for one of these German agents to turn loose Spanish influenza germs in a theater or some other place where large numbers of persons are assembled.

Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen is a 2009 television drama. It deals with Dr James Niven's attempts to deal with the 1918 flu pandemic in Manchester. Its screenplay was written by Peter Harness ...

One family in Bristol, Tenn., lost four daughters – all between the ages of 18 months and 14 years – during the Spanish ...

A snapshot of the most highly ranked articles in microbiology and related areas, from Faculty of 1000. In this webinar, Ed Boyden and Jerzy Szablowski will talk about how synthetic biology can help ...