Flu Pandemic of 1918

Images from a century ago of people doing their best to keep others and themselves safe.

Female nurses served their country domestically and abroad by caring for soliders striken by the influenza pandemic.

A graphic essay about the brutal toll taken by the epidemic on indigenous communities in Alaska.

Illuminating a path forward.

Influenza pandemic of 1918 in the United States.

In Philadelphia, authorities faced a familiar challenge: to protect public health while maintaining individuals' rights to act, speak, and assemble freely.

We examine the 1918 flu to understand whether social distancing has economic costs or if slowing the spread of the pandemic reduced economic severity.

A new book suggests that the plague’s horrors haunt modernist literature between the lines.

The ways that authorities in Richmond, Virginia, responded to the 1918 Flu offer a lens onto what – and who – was most valued by those in power there.

From atomizer crazes to stranded actor troupes to school by phone, daily life during the flu pandemic was a trip.

We’re repeating a lot of the same mistakes from the 1918 “Spanish Flu” H1N1 outbreak.

These letters and journals offer insights on how to record one's thoughts amid a pandemic

The lessons of the 1918 flu pandemic.

The literature that arose from the influenza pandemic speaks to our current moment in profound ways, offering connections in the exact realms where art excels.

A story of quarantine.

A look at how Jim Crow affected the treatment of African Americans fighting the Spanish flu.

The terrifying, censored coverage of the 1918 Spanish flu.

The influenza pandemic did long-lasting damage to relationships in some American communities. Could the mistrust have been prevented?

“Either they’ve got no conscience, or they’re not awake to the gravity of the situation.”

Social distancing isn’t a new idea—it saved thousands of American lives during the last great pandemic.