A mess cook's sick call visit at Camp Funston became the first recorded military case of an outbreak that killed more U.S. soldiers than the Germans did in WWI.

Between 1918 and 1920, the Spanish Influenza tore across the globe and killed tens of millions, making it one of the deadliest pandemics in recorded history. Unlike many other outbreaks, it struck ...

In 1918, a strain of influenza known as Spanish flu caused a global pandemic, spreading rapidly and killing indiscriminately.