Aug 19th, 2008 · Bacterial pneumonia attacked virus-weakened lungs and killed most of the 50 million victims of the 1918 flu pandemic. This finding is good news if another flu pandemic strikes: Doctors are now armed with effective treatments for bacterial infections.
Aug 17th, 2008 · In the journal Nature, scientists report the antibodies were able to protect mice infected with a variant of the 1918 flu virus. The discovery is helping scientists understand what it might take to battle a modern flu pandemic.
Jul 10th, 2007 · In Argentina, a popular tango from the turn of the last century is getting a lot of airplay. It's called "What a Night!" and was inspired by a rare snow storm. A storm brought major snow to Buenos Aires yesterday for the first time since 1918. The snow came as the country celebrated its Independence Day holiday. This year they had snowmen and snow angels to join the celebration.
Apr 3rd, 2007 · Scientists examining the deadly flu pandemic of 1918 say it offers a lesson for dealing with a potential outbreak today: keep people away from each other. The government supports the approach, but skeptics say it's impractical.
Nov 12th, 2006 · A Florida voter who wanted to make sure he had plenty of postage on his absentee ballot may have gone overboard. A rare 1918 stamp worth hundreds of thousands of dollars was used to mail the ballot. Host Andrea Seabrook talks to the man who discovered the valuable piece of postage.
Oct 26th, 2006 · Washington authorities preparing for the next flu pandemic acknowledge that the best tools for protecting Americans are the same ones used in the pandemic of 1918, including home quarantines, school closures and cancellation of public events.
Oct 1st, 2006 · In 1918, Robert Frost inscribed a handwritten poem in the cover of a friend's book. It remained hidden from the world for 88 years, until a graduate student at the University of Virginia recently discovered it. It appears this week in the Virginia Quarterly Review.
Sep 28th, 2006 · Researchers have infected mice with a replica of the deadly 1918 flu virus. As expected, all the mice died within days. But not because the virus directly destroyed the lungs. Instead, it triggered an overwhelming and self-destructive immune response. That fits with emerging research on one way viruses kill.