The outbreak of this influenza virus, also known as Spanish flu, spread with astonishing speed around the world, overwhelming India, and reaching Australia and the remote Pacific islands.

The influenza commonly called "Spanish flu" killed more people than the guns ... and the highest percentage of population killed in India. From August 1918, when cases of the flu started looking ...

In 1918, a strain of influenza known as Spanish flu caused a global pandemic, spreading rapidly and killing indiscriminately.

As the world’s most infamous flu pandemic (often referred to as the Spanish flu) raged from 1918–1920, scientists had very few tools available to help them combat or understand the disease.

(CNN) -- India on Thursday braced for the results of lab tests on whether bird flu had infected humans as traffic restrictions were imposed in a western town. So far, only three cases of bird flu ...