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Why Is It Called Spanish Flu?

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 ...
As World War I came to a close, the ultra-deadly Spanish flu reared its ugly head, sweeping through entire cities and ...
We're losing living connections to past events and valuable perspectives of older generations that help shape our ...
Scattered across southwest Saskatchewan are several ecclesiastical buildings, and Gravelbourg is not the only bilingual ...
Harrison Ruffin Tyler died Memorial Day weekend, 2025, in a Richmond, Va., nursing home. His death made few headlines beyond ...
Harrison Ruffin Tyler died Memorial Day weekend, 2025, in a Richmond, Va., nursing home. His death made few headlines beyond ...
Local historian Derby Gisclair will talk about epidemics that shaped New Orleans, plus more of the latest events and ...
Twelve years ago, Canadian writer Christine Estima was broke and living in England, when she came across a journalism ...
Depopulation — unremitting, long-term population decline — promises to be the 21st century’s most important demographic trend ...
Downton Abbey’s defining romances and tragedies make it more than nostalgia. Here’s why binging now sets up The Grand Finale.
When James B. Neale spent $18,964 to build a chapel for his workers, the early 20th Century coal baron envisioned its impact ...
Science is supposed to be a constant learning process – an evolution of theories, reasoning, and tests that blazes new trails and opens new horizons of information. Science impacts nearly ...