In 1918, a strain of influenza known as Spanish flu caused a global pandemic, spreading rapidly and killing indiscriminately.

Despite becoming known as the Spanish flu, the first recorded cases were in the United States in the final year ... In comparison, total American military casualties for the whole of World War ...

On at least two occasions, in June 2023 and June 2024, U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he had read "articles" and "evidence" linking the start of the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic, ...

View of victims of the Spanish flu cases as they ... first well-documented outbreak of 1918 flu in humans. It was also a major staging ground for military horses. Tetanus was common, and millions ...

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 ...

A man spraying an anti-flu preparation ... about the origins of Spanish influenza (usually called Spanish flu). The first confirmed cases were in the United States in March 1918.