In 1918, newspapers in Lincoln and worldwide were dominated by World War I stories. In late 1917 and early 1918, a new strain of influenza was born, possibly in China. In May 1918, a reported 8 ...

Editor’s note: This is the third in a series of the 1918 pandemic involving the Spanish influenza that killed millions worldwide. During the 1918 pandemic, the local newspapers continued to cover ...

COVID-19 isn't the first pandemic Orel Borgesca had to get through. The coronavirus pandemic may be forcing millions to adjust to stay-at-home orders, but for Orel Borgeson, this isn’t the first ...

'What a strange coincidence to see your column on the Spanish flu epidemic in the (Jan. 3) paper," Renee Bexell, Park Rapids, Minn., writes. The column, reflecting on the 1918 epidemic that killed ...

Although researchers continue to debate the exact location where the pandemic began, there is no credible evidence that anything other than H1N1, a type of influenza A virus, was responsible for it.

This may sound like what we’re going through now with COVID-19, but it happened in La Crosse more than 100 years ago as part of the Spanish flu pandemic, which hit the Coulee Region — and the rest of ...

This flu season has hit the young adult segment of the populace unexpectedly hard. Nearly a century ago, locals primarily between the ages of 20 and 40 were the primary victims of the horrible Spanish ...

Toss aside that history textbook: It's time to actually enjoy reading about the Spanish influenza epidemic of 1918. Author Myla Goldberg creates a captivating medical history tale with her sophomore ...

The World Health Organization on Monday raised its pandemic alert level in response to the outbreak of swine flu that originated in Mexico. The move from level three to level four on the WHO's ...