Author: Ashley Halsey Iii
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A killer flu was raging in 1918, but US officials ignored the crisis to fight a war
First came the Great War. Then came something far deadlier: the 1918 flu. The influenza pandemic that broke out 100 years ago was far more virulent than this year’s nasty flu season. Dubbed the Spanish flu, it is estimated to have killed 50 to 100 million worldwide. More than 675,000 Americans perished from the disease…
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The flu can kill tens of millions of people. In 1918, that’s exactly what it did Carts filled with the dead
The flu arrived as a great war raged in Europe, a conflict that would leave about 20 million people dead over four years. In 1918, the flu would kill more than twice that number — and perhaps five times as many — in just 15 months. Though mostly forgotten, it has been called “the greatest…
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Dept. of Homeland Security frees Emirati airline from laptop ban
Etihad Airways has been exempted from a U.S. ban on laptops and other electronics for flights from Abu Dhabi International Airport, officials said Sunday, the change to a three-month-old Trump administration policy affecting flights to the United States from eight Muslim-majority countries. The other airlines and airports included in the March laptop ban remain affected by it.…