The so-called Spanish influenza pandemic of 1918 was one of the worst natural disasters in history. Estimates of total death counts vary, but it is commonly stated that the virus infected about one-third of the world's population and killed about 50 …

The devastation of the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic is well known, but a new article suggests a surprising factor in the high death toll: the misuse of aspirin. Appearing in the November 1 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases and available online now …

According to Reuters, research by Pennsylvania Department of Transportation archaeologist Kevin Mock found a connection between the Bachmans' meadow and its earlier use as an unmarked burial ground during the deadly 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, …

Above Photo: The 1918 Smithers British Columbia Railway Station. There is a really cool clock at the corner of Main Street and Second Avenue in Smithers British Columbia. When your in Smithers, make sure you check it out. To look at the other photos for this post, please visit. http://britishcolumbiavike.blogspot.ca/2015/10/smithers-british-columbia-1918-railway.html If you have a picture […]

If it is accepted that Rudolf Steiner was inspired in the remarkably exact and accurate prophecy of 1918 about which I posted recently http://charltonteaching.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/rudolf-steiners-remarkable-prophecy-of.html

Forensic archaeologists on Friday began excavating a highway embankment in eastern Pennsylvania, looking for more bones believed to be from impoverished victims of the worldwide Spanish flu pandemic in 1918. The state highway department, known as …

Schuylkill County Deputy Coroner Joe Pothering points to human bones in embankment along Route 61 in Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania August 14, 2015. Forensic archaeologists on Friday began excavating a highway embankment in eastern …

SCHUYLKILL HAVEN, Pa., Aug 14 (Reuters) – Forensic archaeologists on Friday began excavating a highway embankment in eastern Pennsylvania, looking for more bones believed to be from impoverished victims of the worldwide Spanish flu pandemic in …

Cemetery records indicate that Jennie, who lived in Geneseo, died of influenza on Oct. 24, 1918. This places her among the victims of the flu pandemic of 1918 and 1919. The so-called "Spanish" influenza brought unimaginable devastation, taking 50 …

Mislabeled Spanish Influenza, it was really a pandemic. 675,000 Americans died, more than 25 percent of the population was sick. The first wave hit in the spring of 1918. The second wave came in the fall, “October saw the epidemic's full horror: more …