The 1918–1920 flu pandemic, also known as the Great Influenza epidemic or by the common misnomer Spanish flu, was an exceptionally deadly global influenza pandemic caused by the H1N1 subtype of the influenza A virus.

2010年10月12日 · The Spanish flu was a huge concern for WWI military forces. Here, men gargle saltwater to prevent infection at the War Garden at Camp Dix (now Fort Dix) in New Jersey, circa 1918.Read more:...

2024年12月16日 · 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.

The influenza pandemic of 1918-1919 killed more people than the Great War, known today as World War I (WWI), at somewhere between 20 and 40 million people. It has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in recorded world history.

2024年4月11日 · Before COVID-19, the most severe pandemic in recent history was the 1918 influenza virus, often called “the Spanish Flu.” 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).

The 1918 influenza pandemic (“Spanish flu”) was a series of outbreaks of severe flu virus that happened from 1918 to 1919, near the end of World War I. About a third of the world’s population was infected and millions died. It was one of the deadliest pandemics in history.

The influenza epidemic that swept the world in 1918 killed an estimated 50 million people. One fifth of the world's population was attacked by this deadly virus. Within months, it had killed more people than any other illness in recorded history.

Spanish flu, sometimes called the "Spanish Lady," received its misnomer thanks largely to wartime censorship. Both the Allied forces and Central Powers had amassed huge losses due to Spanish flu, but the warring parties stifled reports to hide …

[Terence Chorba] Well, in the 1918 flu pandemic, sometimes referred to as the Spanish flu, it was an exceptionally deadly pandemic, and it was the first of two pandemics in the past hundred years that involved the H1N1 subtype of influenza A virus.

The 1918–1919 Influenza Pandemic (also known, erroneously, as the "Spanish Flu") was one of the deadliest pandemics in world history, infecting hundreds of millions of people and killing approximately 50 million people worldwide.