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

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The people of Paraguay will honor their patron saint this year online or in neighborhood parishes, as pandemic rules prevent an annual pilgrimage to a sacred cathedral for the first time in a century.

Venezuelan forensic experts on Monday exhumed the remains of Jose Gregorio Hernandez, whose beatification decree was signed in June by Pope Francis, as part of Roman Catholic protocols to verify the ...

Sister Jean, famous for her pregame prayers and inspirational messages, has died at 106. She was born during the 1919 Spanish ...

Williams, one of the first to organize the Woodlawn Cemetery Association and also its first president, was a proprietor of ...

Researchers examine the effectiveness of a novel taste-based sensor for the early detection of influenza infection.

This month, Dr. Michael T. Osterholm, an internationally recognized expert on viral outbreaks and the founding director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) at the ...

Michael Osterholm, left, and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, right, at a briefing during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 in St. Paul, Minn. Credit - Glen Stubbe/Star Tribune—Getty Images As a leading ...