East Tennessee State University researchers have examined the devastating effects of the 1918 Spanish flu in Appalachia, uncovering lessons that resonate in the wake of COVID-19.

In 1918, a strain of influenza known as Spanish flu caused a global pandemic, spreading rapidly and killing indiscriminately.

The local data shows that 467 people were diagnosed with flu at Fredericksburg-area emergency departments and urgent care centers during the week that ended Friday, Jan. 25. That’s up from 197 ...

AgoFeb. 27 1919 Personal property must be paid before tomorrow night, Feb. 28 or a ten-percent penalty will be added. A second wave of the Spanish Influenza epidemic has broken out in ...

Those who are concerned about the current situation regarding the coronavirus flu should look up the article published by Richard A. Hobday and John W. Cason in the October 2009 “American Journal ...

The following is a summary of “Critical assessment of uncertainty in economic evaluations on influenza vaccines for the elderly population in Spain,” published in the February 2025 issue of Infectious ...

More than 126,800 birds in New York have been affected by the avian flu since 2022, including thousands of new infections uncovered in recent months in New York parks, commercial flocks and ...

But this time it isn’t only the threat of COVID-19 that’s sending students and staff members home. Flu cases in the area have risen dramatically in recent weeks, as have cases of COVID-19 and ...

Flu cases are going up in the area, according to data from the Illinois Department of Public Health, with an increase in hospital visits and admissions as it and other seasonal illnesses spread ...

This is a shocking but timely reminder of a pandemic known as the Spanish ‘flu that killed between 30 to 50 million at the end of the First World War. "The pandemic that swept across the globe at the ...

The Covid “pandemic’ was nothing compared to the greatest killer of humanity, The Black Death of the 14th century, and the next in line, the Spanish Influenza, also called the Spanish Flu of ...

Alton’s restaurant in Cheektowaga was bustling Monday morning with customers looking for good food at affordable prices. “We have a huge breakfast crowd here,” said Audrea Arricale, the ...