Spanish Flu

World War I was in its dying days, but in late October of 1918 Australia was bracing for a new battlefront. Unlike the war, the mass casualties would be on home soil. On October 18 of that year, the SS Mataram, sailing from Singapore, arrived in Darwin carrying a virus that would ultimately kill an…

Author of the article: Lloyd Brown-John COVID-19 has been the second greatest disaster ever to attack Essex County and southwestern Ontario residents. Advertisement This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. With roughly 455 deaths locally of over 27,200 in Canada, the virus ranks second to the…

If we're honest with ourselves, almost however you look at it, they had it worse back then. “COVID-19 Is Now the Deadliest Pandemic in American History,” wrote Time. “Covid Is Officially America’s Deadliest Pandemic As U.S. Fatalities Surpass 1918 Flu Estimates,” said CNBC. “Coronavirus Death Toll In U.S. Eclipses 1918…

1of30Angie Cleary, a registered nurse, cares for Joyce Johnson-Albert as she receives an antibody infusion while lying on a bed in a trauma room at the Upper Tanana Health Center Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021, in Tok, Alaska. Johnson-Albert was optimistic but also realistic. "I just hope the next few days…

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She lived a life of adventure that spanned two continents. She fell in love with a World War II fighter pilot, barely escaped Europe ahead of Benito Mussolini’s fascists, ground steel for the U.S. war effort and advocated for her disabled daughter in a far less enlightened time. She was,…

The Food and Drug Administration has given the green light to Pfizer booster shots for Americans over the age of 65 and those at high risk of developing severe COVID-19 symptoms. The authorization, issued after the U.S. death toll surpassed that of the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic earlier this week,…

Navigation for News Categories A dairy that opened in Auckland during World War I and survived through the Spanish Flu pandemic is within an inch of its life after the latest lockdown. Owner of D. Jairam and Sons on Ponsonby Road, Suresh Jeram. Photo: RNZ / Jordan Bond The owner…