Scientists have “reconstructed” the genome of the 1918–1920 influenza virus, using a sample from a patient in Switzerland. Researchers from the universities of Basel and Zurich studied a sample from ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Health officials are warning that the deadly novel coronavirus outbreak, also known as COVID-19, has the potential to become a global pandemic. A pandemic will expose everyone to an ...

The 1918 influenza pandemic remains the deadliest in modern history, killing tens of millions — and leaving scientists with enduring questions about how it began. A century later, a virologist and ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com. The 1918 influenza pandemic is one of the deadliest in ...

Nineteen-year-old U.S. Army Pvt. David Lewis set out from Fort Dix on a 50-mile hike with his unit on Feb. 5, 1976. On that bitter cold day, he collapsed and died. Autopsy specimens unexpectedly ...

Defense secretary Pete Hegseth has moved to end a military requirement dating back to 1945, announcing that the Department of Defense will no longer mandate flu vaccinations for service members. It’s ...

Historic Nashville site offers behind-the-scenes look at the ‘People’s President’ and the complex history of his plantation home. The resort debuted with 578 guest rooms and now has more than 2,800.

Allcott, Hunt, Levi Boxell, Jacob Conway, Matthew Gentzkow, Michael Thaler, and David Yang. 2020. “Polarization and Public Health: Partisan Differences in Social Distancing during the Coronavirus ...

Some disasters destroy cities. Others reshape entire civilizations. In this video, we’re looking at 20 of the deadliest ...

More U.S. children have died this flu season than at any time since the swine flu pandemic 15 years ago, according to a federal report released Friday. The 216 pediatric deaths reported by the Centers ...

Everyone knows that when your kids get the flu, they stay home from school. But what does it take to justify closing the school down entirely? That's a question we should probably answer before the ...