It took a lot of digging to bring back to life the Spanish influenza virus of 1918. Some was done with invisible molecular primers in a PCR machine in Rockville. Some was done with pick and shovel ...

10 Misconceptions About the 1918 'Spanish Flu' In the pandemic of 1918, between 50 and 100 million people are thought to have died, representing as much as 5% of the world’s population.

The name “Spanish flu” has accompanied the 1918 pandemic ever since, largely because other countries were unwilling or uninterested in reporting on the outbreak within their own borders.

A Spanish hospital has carried out a lung transplant using a pioneering technique with a robot and a new access route that no longer requires cutting through bone, experts said on Monday.

RFK Jr. has suggested vaccines caused 1918 Spanish flu pandemic at least twice Kennedy made the claim at least twice during his 2024 presidential election campaign.

Parallels between the 1918 flu and the current H5N1 avian virus raise concern about next possible global pandemic. But, the information can also help identify and target vaccination and treatment.

The 1918 Spanish flu pandemic has been a regular subject of speculation over the last century. As a result, many harbor misconceptions about it.

The researchers inserted these genes into a modern influenza virus and used it to infect lab mice. The mice developed a flu-like lung disease characterized by severe bleeding.

A university professor and two students recreated a virus identical to the one that caused the devastating 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic. If they can do it, so can terrorists.

The influenza virus that caused the 1918 pandemic mutated into variants, much like the novel coronavirus has done in the current pandemic, century-old virus samples reveal.

Ground Zero in one of the world’s deadliest influenza pandemics started quietly, inconspicuously.