On at least two occasions, in June 2023 and June 2024, U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he had read "articles" and "evidence" linking the start of the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic, ...

In the spring of 1918, as American soldiers prepared to go "over the top" for the first time during World War I, a handful of army physicians began noticing a strange sickness that began to grip ...

Introduction: An ill wind -- A victim and a survivor -- "Knock me down" fever -- The killer without a name -- The invisible enemy -- One deadly summer -- Know thy enemy -- The fangs of death -- Like ...

On Oct. 5, 1918, the city health department issued this warning: “Avoid persons with colds.” Dr. Max C. Starkloff, health commissioner, knew that wasn’t nearly enough. Two days later, with Mayor Henry ...