In 1918, a strain of influenza known as Spanish flu caused a global pandemic, spreading rapidly and killing indiscriminately. Young, old, sick and otherwise-healthy people all became infected — at ...

Kevine Umurerwa's routine flu turned into a week-long battle with Influenza A, in late May when the 23-year-old university student got ill, highlighting the rising threat of severe flu strains in ...

Statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that in 2022, 6.9% of U.S. adults reported experiencing ...

KIM Smith’s hands and feet went black and had to be amputated after a common infection turned deadly. “I woke up at 4am and I thought I was going to die,” the 63-year-old said in ...

Data for 48 countries imply flu-related deaths in 1918-1920 of 40 million, 2.1 percent of world population, implying 150 million deaths when applied to current population. Regressions with annual ...

Growing up in rural Indiana, I had more animal friends than human ones. I raised ducks and geese, and enjoyed my time ...

Pseudomonas aeruginosa (small rod-shaped bacteria) swarms toward and around a neighboring Cryptococcus neoformans (round yeast) colony. The thin fluid halo surrounding the yeast enables the ...

Hickman said he worries bird flu may become another human pandemic, comparing it to the Spanish flu. “This is science. It's not a conspiracy. We can't take avian flu lightly,” Hickman said Friday.

Jesus Guerrero, the celebrity hairstylist who died in February and was known for working with clients such as Kylie Jenner, Jennifer Lopez and Katy Perry, died of pneumonia and a fungal infection ...

In the multivariable logistic regression analysis, both flu (odds ratio [OR], 2.39; 95% confidence interval [CI], 2.15 to 2.64) and RSV (OR, 2.50; 95% CI, 2.07 to 2.99) more than doubled the odds of ...

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