The flu usually kills the very young, the elderly and the sick. This made the virus unusual in 1918, or so the story goes: It killed healthy young people as readily as those who were debilitated or had chronic conditions.
Doctors of the time reported that, in the prime of their lives, good...
The first truly global viral pandemic occurred from 1889 onward into the early 1890s. It originated in the central Asian region of the Russian Empire and spread worldwide. It was colloquially known as the "Russian flu" or "Asiatic flu." One of its many victims was Madame Blavatsky...
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