Professor Smith told audiences at The Hay Festival: “Remember how dangerous a flu pandemic can be. Was it really the right decision back then to stop this research? “If that virus in our lab emerged today it would be as devastating as in 1918. We don't …

Bird flu could be as deadly as the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic but scientists have been prevented from working on a vaccine, a leading academic has warned. Professor Derek Smith, of Cambridge University, was part of the team who controversially …

Rowland's death wasn't from a bullet or shrapnel in a global war that coincided with a global pandemic. “Pneumonia has caused the first death among the soldiers whom Glens Falls has given to the United States Army for service in the European Army,” The …

The influenza pandemic which spread across the world with devastating results in the final months of the Great War will be discussed at a lecture in London on May 13th 2015. 'Pandemics: Can we learn from history? is chaired by Professor John Oxford, a …

A group of genealogists is trying to raise awareness of an almost forgotten chapter of World War I. The 1918 flu pandemic killed more than 8000 New Zealanders. But at the time people were trying to forget the horrors of the war itself. So now, almost a …

The recent outbreak of measles that started at Disneyland and the ongoing debate about vaccination reminded me of a pandemic that scarred Los Angeles almost 100 years ago. The historic evidence is preserved at the L.A. City Archive, inside Box B-1059.

One of the people interviewed for the film was talking about how today this terrible pandemic has largely been forgotten. I remember in school it was briefly mentioned and seemed like more of an afterthought than a major teaching point. The more I …

Researchers at the University of Arizona have solved the mystery surrounding the 1918 pandemic flu virus. The new study uncovered answers regarding the origin of the pandemic as well as its unusual severity. Michael Worobey, University of Arizona …

The 11th March 1918 is regarded by many historians and scientists as the day the first cases of the 1918 flu pandemic were reported. Within a few months the deadly strain of influenza had spread across the world, proving far more deadly than the First …

Early on a Monday morning, Albert Gitchell, a cook at the Army base in Fort Riley, Kansas struggles to the infirmary with a bad headache, a very sore throat and a high fever. He thinks it's a bad cold, but soon other soldiers are streaming into the …