In 1939, Margaret Pittman showed that sulfapyradine was effective against nontype-specific Haemophilus influenzae. Pittman discovered that there are…
In 1938, Thomas Francis, Jr., MD and Jonas Salk, MD served as lead researchers at the University of…
In 1936, Sir Macfarlane Burnet discovered that influenza virus could be grown in embryonated hens’ eggs. This led…
In 1931, Rockefeller Institute investigator Richard Shope published the first of three landmark papers that established the etiology…
By April 1919, following upticks in influenza over winter, the final tally for New Orleans stood at 54,089…
in 1919, by the end of the influenza epidemic in Omaha, almost 1,200 people had died, with a…
On Apr. 1, 1919, the Stanley Cup playoffs between the Montreal Canadians and the Seattle Metropolitans ended tied…
On Jan. 2, 1919, Denver slowly returned to normal after its flu epidemic, and schools reopened. School teachers…
By late February of 1919, Louisville experienced a third wave of influenza cases, but finally began to return…
In Jan. 1919, Birmingham experienced a third wave in influenza cases and deaths.
By 1919, after the end of its second winter influenza wave, Boston had experienced an excess death rate…
In 1919, the University of Oregon in Eugene introduced the state’s first professional courses in nursing. The courses…
In 1919, influenza cases dwindled through the winter of 1918, yet persisted into April 1919 sporadically. About 9…
In 1919, Washington, D.C. suffered spikes in influenza cases throughout the remainder of 1918, and into early February…
On Dec. 30, 1918, Kansas City schools reopened as the influenza epidemic waned. The New Year came and…
On Dec. 24, 1918, on Christmas Eve, with the epidemic across Nebraska still raging, the state Board of…
On Dec. 23, 1918, the Cincinnati Board of Health removed its ban prohibiting children from entering public places….
On Dec. 20, 1918, after declining influenza cases, Health Commissioner Starkloff lifted remaining St. Louis closure bans.
On Dec. 15, 1918, the number of new influenza cases per day in the city slowed to a…
On Dec. 14, 1918, meeting in special session, members quickly decided that the influenza situation in Cincinnati had…
On Dec. 12, 1918, following a second spike in influenza cases especially among schoolchildren, Louisville Health Officer Dr….
On Dec. 12, 1918, following an increase in influenza cases, Cincinnati Health Officer Dr. William H. Peters recommended…
On Dec. 10, 1918, following another increase in influenza cases among children, the Los Angeles Board of Education…
On Dec. 6, 1918, Salt Lake City and Utah health officials met to modify their closure order, to…
On Dec. 3, 1918, Minneapolis officials closed more schools due to a second spike in influenza cases among…
in 1919, thanks to Health Commissioner Dr. Max C. Starkloff’s strong leadership in the influenza epidemic, St. Louis…
By the end of the 1918 influenza epidemic, Los Angeles experienced a lower epidemic death rate than many…
At the end of 1918, Baltimore had a total of almost 24,000 reported cases of influenza and 4,125…
By the end of 1918, Dallas had lost a disputed number of lives to infleunza, between 250 and…
On Dec. 1, 1918, following a lack of success in enforcement and compliance, the Denver mask order was…