They called it the Spanish flu, and in October 1918 one of the most dangerous viruses in world history established a foothold in Lawrence. The city practically shut down. In the Oct. 8 issue of ...

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.

Murnau released the iconic silent horror film Nosferatu ... pandemic – much like the original 1922 film did, with the Spanish Flu. What was it that attracted you to Nosferatu to begin with?

Spain was half empty. There are documents from the time that give us testimony, but why do we hardly know anything about this "Spanish flu"? Surely his study and knowledge would have helped us ...

and “Bird Flu” epidemics. All the recent epidemics pale in comparison, however, to the deadly Spanish Flu of 1918 that killed an estimated 20-50 million people. It was March of 1918 ...

The influenza commonly called "Spanish flu" killed more people than the guns of World War I. Estimates put the worldwide death toll at 21,642,274. Some one billion people were affected by the ...