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10 kwi 2018 · 30 Photos. In Focus. Between 1918 and 1919, an outbreak of influenza spread rapidly across the world, and killed more than 50 million—and possibly as many as 100 million—people within 15 months....
5 maj 2020 · The 1918 flu killed 675,000 Americans. "That's equivalent to 225 to 450 million people today," said John Barry, a scholar at Tulane University and author of "The Great Influenza." "The...
13 mar 2018 · The 1918 Influenza Pandemic, also known as the Spanish Flu, was one of the deadliest events in human history. While fighting between the Allied Powers and the Central Powers raged on in Europe, the disease knew no borders.
11 kwi 2024 · The virus infected roughly 500 million people—one-third of the world’s population—and caused 50 million deaths worldwide (double the number of deaths in World War I). In the United States, a quarter of the population caught the virus, 675,000 died, and life expectancy dropped by 12 years.
Thirty-eight died. Then, infected soldiers likely carried influenza from Funston to other Army camps in the States—24 of 36 large camps had outbreaks—sickening tens of thousands, before ...
Photo caption. An on-duty New York City police officer wears a protective mask during the deadly 1918 flu pandemic, which killed many more people than did World War I. ... bringing the total number of cases since the start of the epidemic to approximately 4,000,” says The American Influenza Epidemic of 1918–1919: A Digital Encyclopedia, a ...
20 paź 2024 · Influenza pandemic of 1918–19, the most severe influenza outbreak of the 20th century and among the most devastating pandemics in human history. The outbreak was caused by influenza type A subtype H1N1 virus. Learn about the origins, spread, and impact of the influenza pandemic of 1918–19.
