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3 days ago · First, some similarities between Spanish flu or the 1915–1930 influenza pandemic and the recent COVID-19 pandemic are obvious. There are also clear differences, such as in clinical symptoms, the severity of illness in COVID-19 being greater in older people, with almost no acute symptoms occurring in children.
4 days ago · Prior to late September 1918, reporting the flu was not mandated, and although testing was possible, according to the New York Times, “it was impossible to test people with mild symptoms so...
4 days ago · Developed by the United States Health and Human Services, this documentary describes the 1918 pandemic and the work to reconstruct the 1918 pandemic virus.
2 days ago · On the other hand, the Spanish flu, also known as the 1918 influenza pandemic, was a catastrophic global event that had a devastating impact on public health. It was caused by the H1N1 influenza A virus and resulted in an estimated 50 million deaths worldwide.
1 day ago · The first recorded infection in the U.S. was even discovered among the army’s ranks, when a soldier stationed at Fort Riley, Kansas on March 4, 1918 reported symptoms. Although the United...
3 days ago · All of this explains the intense air hunger many of the 1918 flu victims experienced and the bluish, purple tinge [cyanosis] of their skin. Many of these poor men, women, and children died awful deaths -- frequently within 24 to 48 hours of developing symptoms of the flu -- because they were basically suffocating.
4 days ago · The Spanish Influenza pandemic in Connecticut is said to have started in New London on Sept. 1, 1918, when the active port debarked passengers and, a few days later, sailors from the U.S....
