Staff Writer On Dec. 14, the U.S. death toll from COVID-19 reached a grim, new milestone: 300,000 Americans killed. That’s nearly half of the 675,000 Americans killed a century ago during the 1918 flu ...

The 1918 influenza pandemic swept across the globe, sickening one-third of the world’s population, or about half a billion people, by the end of its terrifying run. At least 50 million people — ...

During the 1918 flu pandemic, people wore masks but they provided limited protection against the virus. (Contributed by the Office of the Public Health Service Historian) In 1918, the leading cause of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - In this November 1918 photo made available by the Library of Congress, a girl stands next to her sister lying in bed. The ...

In the deadly fall wave of the 1918 flu pandemic, millions of people were doomed because they didn’t know what we know now about how viruses and respiratory illnesses spread. We might face a similar ...

Red Cross volunteers fight the Spanish Flu pandemic in the United States in 1918. (APIC / Getty Images) The new disease, public officials said as people began to fall ill with unfamiliar symptoms, was ...

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It was the worst pandemic in modern history. The 1918 influenza virus swept the globe, killing at least 50 million people worldwide. In the US, the disease devastated cities, forcing law enforcement ...

Rothman is managing editor at TIME. Rothman is managing editor at TIME. If you’ve been reading about how bad the flu is this year, it’s hard not to worry, and with good reason. The 2018 influenza ...

Editor's note: The Spanish flu pandemic in 1918 was the most severe in recent history, killing at least 50 million worldwide, more than the total number of deaths in World War I, which claimed about ...

John Barry, author of the 2004 book, The Great Influenza, draws parallels between today's pandemic and the flu of 1918. In both cases, he says, "the outbreak was trivialized for a long time." This is ...