Spanish Flu

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, Issue 29, July 2025. The COVID-19 pandemic has renewed attention to the far-reaching social implications of emerging infectious diseases, an issue with historical parallels in the transformative effects of the Black Plague and Spanish Flu. However, the potential for epidemics ...Read…

This little girl has been dead for over a century, but that doesn’t stop her from doing this terrifying thing every night. People from around the world have gathered to see the mystery of little Rosalia. When Rosalia Lombardo was diagnosed with pneumonia during the terrible Spanish flu epidemic in…

“This little girl has been dead for over a century, but that doesn’t stop her from doing this terrifying thing every night. People from around the world have gathered to see the mystery of little Rosalia. When Rosalia Lombardo was diagnosed with pneumonia during the terrible Spanish flu epidemic in…

The 2024 presidential hopeful hosted a panel with some of the loudest vaccine skeptics in the nation Robert F. Kennedy Jr. convened a panel of health misinformation superstars on Tuesday evening for a roundtable discussion that suggested his medical conspiracism will be a key component of his 2024 presidential run.…

Amber Heard I'm Very Happy Living in Spain ... Speaking Fluent Spanish!!! 6/14/2023 1:15 PM PT SplashNews.com Amber Heard says she's loving her new life in Spain, far from her old life back in Hollywood ... and she's certainly feeling comfortable, speaking the native tongue fluently. Amber was in good…

Sohum Shah is currently getting rave reviews for his act as the cop Kailash Parghi in Amazon Prime Video’s recently released web series Dahaad. The show, which also stars Sonakshi Sinha, Gulshan Devaiah and Vijay Varma in pivotal roles, has been impressing the viewers. EXCLUSIVE: Sohum Shah’s next is based…

Ben Affleck is reintroducing the world to Señor Affleck. Affleck reminded everyone of his Spanish fluency while promoting the sports drama “Air” earlier this week. During an interview on Spanish radio network Cadena SER, Affleck spoke at length about the film, which he directed and starred in, in near-perfect Spanish.…

A new exhibit in downtown Winnipeg is comparing the city’s response to the COVID-19 virus in 2020 to the Spanish Flu that spread across the world in 1918. It’s in the Millennium centre and run by Heritage Winnipeg every day until March 31. It is drawing parallels between the two…

The Covid pandemic wasn't the first time that America has found itself split along ideological seams over infectious disease, nor was the Spanish Flu in 1919. Even when America was still a collection of colonies, we held bitter disagreements on public health policy.  During the run-up to the Revolutionary War,…

From an Ancient Egyptian plague to the Black Death and Spanish flu, epidemics have often spurred societal transformations. Understanding why can help us create a better world after covid-19 Humans 18 July 2022 By Laura Spinney Pete Reynolds FIRST the pharaoh changed his name, from Amenhotep IV to Akhenaten. Then…