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.

In 1918, an influenza virus known as the Spanish flu killed over 50 million people all over the world, ... Deadly measles outbreaks could explode across the US if vaccinations fall, model predicts.

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, ...