In 1948, Dr. Isabel M. Morgan led a team that successfully inoculated monkeys with a killed-virurs vaccine. From…
In 1939, Margaret Pittman showed that sulfapyradine was effective against nontype-specific Haemophilus influenzae. Pittman discovered that there are…
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…
By 1919, after the end of its second winter influenza wave, Boston had experienced an excess death rate…
In Jan. 1919, Birmingham experienced a third wave in influenza cases and deaths.
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. 20, 1918, after declining influenza cases, Health Commissioner Starkloff lifted remaining St. Louis closure bans.
On Dec. 14, 1918, meeting in special session, members quickly decided that the influenza situation in Cincinnati had…
On Dec. 12, 1918, following an increase in influenza cases, Cincinnati Health Officer Dr. William H. Peters recommended…
On Dec. 6, 1918, Salt Lake City and Utah health officials met to modify their closure order, to…
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…
On Nov. 24, 1918, Washington, D.C. commissioners removed restrictions on business hours related to the influenza epidemic. Residents…
On Nov. 19, 1918, Birmingham experienced a second wave in new influenza cases from very few to 115…
By Nov. 16, 1918, Chicago had experienced a total of 38,000 cases of influenza and 13,000 cases of…
By Nov. 16, 1918, the New York influenza figures overall, from September 15 through November 16 – the…
On Nov. 11, 1918, the Cincinnati Board of Health agreed to lift influenza-related restrictions. Theaters, movie houses, churches,…
On Nov. 10, 1918, Cleveland Health Commissioner Dr. Harry L. Rockwood announced the lifting of the city’s closure…
On Nov. 6, 1918, following improved influenza case numbers, the Kentucky Board of Health lifted the closure order…
On Oct. 19, 1918, it was reported that over 3,500 Bostonians had died from influenza or pneumonia since…
By Oct. 15, 1918, over 3,500 Bostonians had died from influenza or resulting pneumonia since the epidemic began….
By Oct. 9, 1918, over 1,000 cases of influenza had been reported in Dallas. Later that day, Mayor…