The explosive pattern of the 1918 pandemic makes it a benchmark for pandemic planning and preparedness today. Its similarities with the 2009 pandemic makes it even more intriguing, and it is a ...

The Emergence - Between 3 and 6 percent of the world's population died in 18 months when the flu first tried to take over the ...

Brevig Mission was just one place that was part of a global tragedy, one of the worst ever to befall humanity: the influenza pandemic of 1918-19. The outbreak of this influenza virus, also known ...

Hilleman, however, needed eggs not for his breakfast, but to make the vaccines that were key to stopping a potential influenza pandemic. Hilleman was born a year after the notorious 1918 influenza ...

With the devastating 1918 pandemic in mind, US health officials saw an outbreak in Asia and swung into action. What happened ...