The Spanish flu pandemic of 1918, the deadliest in history, infected an estimated 500 million people worldwide—about one-third of the planet’s population—and killed an estimated 20 million to 50 million victims, including some 675,000 Americans. Though the original origin of the virus is disputed, the first known case was reported at a military base in […]
The deadly flu pandemic in 1918 is estimated to have taken 50 million lives – more than were lost in World War I, and National Geographic says it is believed to have originated in China. This 2014 article on the origins of the so-called Spanish Flu of 1918 is now going viral again as the […]
Prior to the current Covid scare the last great pandemic was the 1918 Great Influenza outbreak. It followed the end of the First World War and was intimately connected to the awful conditions which spread from the killing fields of Europe. It was greatly exacerbated by the poor housing and sanitary conditions of people living in […]
The Spanish flu pandemic of 1918, the deadliest in history, infected an estimated 500 million people worldwide—about one-third of the planet’s population—and killed an estimated 20 million to 50 million victims, including some 675,000 Americans. Though the original origin of the virus is disputed, the first known case was reported at a military base in […]