BALTIMORE (CNS) -- Catholic nuns emerged as the unexpected heroes in the 1918 Spanish flu epidemic that killed hundreds of thousands in the United States and millions worldwide.

COVID-19 has now killed about as many Americans as the 1918-19 Spanish flu pandemic did — approximately 675,000. The US population a century ago was just one-third of what it is today, meaning ...

How Roseville handled the Spanish fu crisis in 1918 was seen as a model for other cities to follow back then. Through archival pictures, we can take a closer look at how lives were saved, by how ...

The St. Louis response is held up as a model. ... In the century since the 1918 pandemic, scientists have studied the Spanish flu as a medical mystery. Some parts of that mystery remain unsolved.

Almost 693,000 people have died of COVID-19, around 20,000 more than the Spanish flu killed, though the country’s population is more than three times larger now.

According to the WHO, flu causes 3 to 5 million cases of severe illness and up to 650,000 respiratory deaths each year, particularly among vulnerable populations.

An Oct. 19 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) includes a video with the title “The good ol’ Kansas Flu.” “In 1918, 50 to 100 million people died of the Spanish Flu,” a narrator says.

COVID-19 has now killed about as many Americans as the 1918-19 Spanish flu pandemic did — approximately 675,000. The U.S. population a century ago was just one-third of what it is today, meaning ...

ROSEVILLE (CBS13) — The parallels are striking — vivid images of how one local city dealt with the deadliest pandemic in history. How Roseville handled the Spanish fu crisis in 1918 was seen ...

COVID-19 has now killed about as many Americans as the 1918-19 Spanish flu pandemic did — approximately 675,000. The U.S. population a century ago was just one-third of what it is today, meaning ...

Like the Spanish flu, ... Winter may bring a new surge, with the University of Washington's influential model projecting an additional 100,000 or so Americans will die of COVID-19 by Jan. 1, ...