This is a genuine photograph of a family wearing masks during a flu epidemic, circa 1920. However, we're not entirely convinced that this cat is also wearing a mask. This photograph comes from the ...

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.

The claim: Photo shows person with sign reading 'Wear a Mask or Go To Jail' amid 1918 Spanish flu. With a few exemptions, travelers on public airlines, trains, metros and buses can face fines ...

In 1918, America adopted mask wearing with a greater vengeance than anywhere else in the world. But a century later, it is Asian countries which have remembered the lessons the US learned.

The first cases of the Spanish Flu showed up in March 1918 in Kansas. The New York Times looked at the timeline of the first mask orders issued in October 1918. San Francisco had the first mask order.

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.

As Americans were celebrating victory in World War I in the fall of 1918, the masks on returning troops showed that the U.S. was losing another war against the so-called Spanish Flu.

Mask-wearing was enforced during the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, but many refused, citing the government mandates as threats to their civil liberties. Men needed more convincing to wear masks than ...