The death toll from the flu of 1918 was more than a half-million people ... an emerging virus could be spread today at a rate that is orders of magnitude faster than the rate of spread eight ...

New strains of flu continue to emerge and experts warn ... that were major contributors to the death rate in the 1918-19. "So, yes, I think we are better placed than in 1918 but the potential ...

"Newry also had a high mortality rate, which remains more of a mystery ... "My grandfather, Johnny, died from the flu on 12 November 1918, aged just 30 years. His sister, Elizabeth, passed ...

There have been four flu pandemics since the start of the 20th century. What we’ve learned—and why we still can’t predict the ...