1918 ⟶ First Known Case of Spanish Flu in Kansas

First known case of what will later be called Spanish flu: P...
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1918

🤧 First Known Case of Spanish Flu in Kansas

First known case of what will later be called Spanish flu: Private Albert Gitchell at Camp Funston, Fort Riley, Kansas.⟶
First Known Case of Spanish Flu in Kansas (1918)
PandemicsSpanish FluPublic HealthInfluenzaCamp FunstonDiseaseEpidemic
United StatesUnited States

🦠 Spanish Flu Cases Surge in Fort Riley and Queens

Over 100 sick from Spanish flu in Fort Riley; first known case outside in Queens, New York.⟶
Spanish Flu Cases Surge in Fort Riley and Queens (1918)
PandemicsSpanish FluPublic Health CrisisDiseaseEpidemicFort RileyQueens
United StatesUnited States

🦠 Spanish Flu Outbreaks

Spanish flu virus mutates: Simultaneous deadlier outbreaks in Brest, Freetown and Boston.⟶
Spanish Flu Outbreaks (1918)
Spanish FluPandemicDiseaseEpidemicPublic HealthMortalityWorld War I1918Mutation
FranceFranceSierra LeoneSierra LeoneUnited StatesUnited States

🤧 First Spanish Flu Cases Reported in Spain

First Spanish flu cases in Spain, where reports on the disease are published freely due to the lack of wartime censorship.⟶
Spanish FluPandemicDiseasePublic HealthInfluenzaGlobal ImpactWartime Censorship
SpainSpain