The influenza commonly called "Spanish flu" killed more people than ... Many believe the modern "swine flu" virus is a descendant of the deadly 1918 flu. Some theorize that its stronger ancestor ...

The swine flu epidemic never occurred ... by blocking the activity of the neuraminidase enzyme. When the Spanish flu pandemic hit, doctors around much of the globe were still using venesection ...

The 2009 swine flu pandemic - caused by a virus that jumped species to infect humans - was less serious than initially feared. But the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic is thought to have killed tens of ...