Spanish Flu

The second and most lethal wave of the 1918 Spanish flu swept through towns and cities in weeks. It peaked fast and uncontrolled and was devastating. The American historian John M Barry, whose 2004 account of the 1918 pandemic is one of the best and most detailed, was asked last…

A statement issued by the high court on Monday said the cases chosen for argument will be heard on six days between May 4 and May 13. "In keeping with public health guidance in response to COVID-19, the Justices and counsel will all participate remotely," the court statement said. The…

(Corrects name of lender to America's Christian Credit Union, paragraph 21)By Michelle ConlinNEW YORK, April 11 (Reuters) - St. Anselm Roman Catholic Church in New York's Brooklyn borough is used to limping along, month after month, at a budget deficit of several thousand dollars a week.But the church that sits…

Medics bring a patient who has tested positive for the coronavirus to the ambulance in Chelsea, Mass., April 10, 2020. (Brian Snyder/Reuters) Former Food and Drug Administration commissioner Scott Gottlieb on Friday warned that the coronavirus would have been more deadly than the Spanish flu if it had appeared in…

Speculative fiction is often just that—speculative. Sometimes it’s an effective metaphor for real-world issues. Oftentimes it imagines a world drastically different from our own. But sometimes sci-fi of the past takes on chilling new meaning in the present. Such is the case now with tales of pandemics, stories of widespread…

BOSTON - 1918. Babe Ruth poses for a portrait in his Boston Red Sox uniform in 1918. (Photo by ... Mark Rucker/Transcendental Graphics, Getty Images) Getty Images Throughout the sporting community, its leaders are contemplating public health questions that are seemingly impossible to answer. When will it be appropriate to…

Yonhap News Agency / via Latin A/ReutersThe all-clear after a test for coronavirus infection does not mean all clear, it turns out. Nor can a person who had COVID-19 and then recovered be sure that it won’t strike again. Such is the disturbing news coming out of South Korea, the…

It seems like there’s no better time to escape to the past than now, and television is delivering by taking us back to the time of murder mysteries and Hollywood glamour with Tinseltown. A TV series based on William J Mann’s 2014 bestselling book, the Tinseltown TV series is a murder mystery…

Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.New York Blood Center has made a call for recovered COVID-19 patients to donate their blood plasma to help treat others seriously affected by the illness.“In the treatment, known as convalescent plasma, the patient is…

NEW YORK, USA - APRIL 1: Healthcare workers help a patient who was fainted as she walked out of the ... Brooklyn Hospital Center in New York, United States on April 1, 2020. New York is the U.S. state worst-hit by the pandemic. As New York state grapples with the…