The 1918 influenza pandemic remains the deadliest in modern history, killing tens of millions — and leaving scientists with enduring questions about how it began. A century later, a virologist and ...

Winter brings snow, ice, and freezing temperatures, but these climatic conditions are also the harbingers of another time of year: flu season. We all know the signs-chills, fever, sore throat, muscle ...

A study published in the journal Science finds that bird flu viruses can resist fever-like temperatures in mice -- allowing ...

Small, round, numbered markers, many now illegible, were used to mark the graves of some influenza victims that flooded Lincoln undertakers in 1918 and were buried in Wyuka Cemetery. (ERIC ...

Hopefully, the headlines will not turn around again. When the word “pandemic” was first used to describe the possibility of a massive influenza pestilence of a worldwide nature, the history buff in me ...

Enemas, bloodletting, and whiskey : treating the flu -- The jolly rant : a history of the virus -- "Something fierce" : the Spanish flu of 1918 -- "Am I gonna die?" : round two, and three, and four ..

BISMARCK – North Dakota Health and Human Services (HHS) is encouraging residents to take precautions as influenza activity ...