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U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s newly appointed Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) upheld ...

Deadly viruses throughout history From the Ebola to COVID-19, diseases caused by viruses have killed humans throughout history. Viruses are much older than human beings, possibly even older than ...

Both swine and avian influenza are strains of influenza A. Just as swine flu strains tend to infect pigs, avian flu strains ...

The Spanish flu ripped around the globe in 1918 and 1919. Global counts of how many people died vary wildly, but in the United States, it's estimated that 675,000 were killed.

For years, internet users have shared a rumor about U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. falsely claiming that vaccines caused the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic known as the Spanish flu. One ...

History suggests it might be a good idea to get your flu shot. On Sept. 16, 1918, doctors at the Navy base reported the first case of the Spanish flu here.

When comparing COVID-19 to the Spanish flu, which killed an estimated 675,000 in the USA, it's important to note that the U.S. population in 1918 was about a third of today's numbers.

The 1918 H1N1 influenza pandemic, also known as the Spanish flu, was the most severe pandemic in modern history. About 675,000 deaths were reported in the United States.

White flags on the National Mall mark each of the more than 675,000 lives lost to COVID-19—which is has now overtaken the death toll of the 1918 flu pandemic. In September 2021, volunteers ...