Fact check: Why is the 1918 influenza virus called 'Spanish flu'? In the black-and-white image, a sign reading "Wear a Mask or Go To Jail" is pinned to a young woman's coat. She stands next to two ...

Masks were commonly worn during the 1918 "Spanish flu" pandemic, but this photograph doesn't show them.

Since early 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic raged both across the U.S. and the world, various photographs of masks worn during the 1918-1920 influenza pandemic were shared online, as we noted with ...

As Texas becomes the biggest state set to end mask orders, the mandates themselves aren't new. We're taking a look at the mask orders that were part of the Spanish Flu outbreak in 1918.

The claim: A study co-authored by Dr. Anthony Fauci found Spanish flu victims died from pneumonia caused by mask-wearing. Since the emergence of COVID-19, masks have become a way of life. But for ...