The deadliest pandemic in modern history killed tens of millions, yet its aftermath quietly transformed economies, labor, and everyday life. From lockdown failures and mass graves to rising wages, new ...
In 1918, a strain of influenza known as Spanish flu caused a global pandemic, spreading rapidly and killing indiscriminately.
EUGENE, OR -- A 103-year-old Oregon woman is fearlessly taking on her second pandemic. Bernice Homan recently received her first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. She lived through the 1918 flu pandemic, ...
“Churches, Schools, Shows closed.” “Flu epidemic ravages fast.” “Lid to go on city today.” Those headlines are familiar today, but they screamed across newspapers more than 100 years ago during the ...