A Facebook post claims a second wave of the Spanish flu killed 20 million to 50 million people, several times the first wave. That is partly false.

Researchers from the universities of Basel and Zurich have used a historical specimen from UZH's Medical Collection to decode ...

There was a general lack of knowledge about the Spanish Flu, as scientists didn’t have the proper resources to fully understand the scope of the infection. That is the advantage we against ...

10 Misconceptions About the 1918 'Spanish Flu' In the pandemic of 1918, between 50 and 100 million people are thought to have died, ... The first wave of the pandemic was most lethal.

The “Spanish” flu was first found in U.S. soldiers and popped up in Europe and Asia in March of 1918. It was a form of an avian flu originating in birds. While the first wave was mild, the ...

Just like today, Americans were desperate to emerge from quarantine during the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic. But a second deadly wave of the virus was lurking.

This resulted in a situation in which anyone having contracted Spanish Flu either died or became immune, slowing the spread of the virus. By the summer of 1919, the third wave was over and the ...

Like the Spanish flu in 1918, ... Because the 1918 flu subsided after the first wave that spring before roaring back in the fall, it was once thought that higher summer temperatures affected it.

What's True. More people died during the 1918 flu pandemic than in all of WWI, with the majority of deaths occurring during the deadly second wave of the influenza outbreak.

The so-called "Spanish flu" of 1918 is thought to have killed between 50 and 100 million people around the world. ... The first wave of the pandemic was most lethal. Actually, ...

Just like today, Americans were desperate to emerge from quarantine during the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic. But a second deadly wave of the virus was lurking.

The second wave of Spanish influenza in December 1918 and January 1919 resembles the most recent surge of COVID-19 in some ways. San Franciscans back then were weary after an autumn of ...