The Spanish flu strain killed its victims with a swiftness ... the international conflict then in its last phase. Epidemiologists still dispute the exact origins of the virus, but there is some ...

The influenza commonly called "Spanish flu" killed more people than the guns of World War I. Estimates put the worldwide death toll at 21,642,274. Some one billion people were affected by the ...

Yet by the time the Canadiens landed in Seattle for the Cup Final, the Spanish flu had passed its most deadly phase, having reached its full, tragic strength the previous fall. Wrote Barry ...