Latest in 1918 Flu

A false belief in the genetic superiority of virus survivors may help explain the Trump administration's mismanagement of coronavirus.

After five weeks of lock down restrictions, the city thought it had beaten the virus. It hadn’t.

Radios, telephones and dishwashers influenced our response to the nation's last great epidemic.

Face coverings helped flatten the curve during the Spanish flu. But as with coronavirus today, they couldn't muzzle dissent.

Washington’s top doctors tried to combat opponents of government regulation with arguments that resonate 100 years later.

In 1920, the city’s commissioner of public health called Seattle “a hot bed for anti-vaccination, Christian Science, and various anti-medical cults.”

The last great pandemic hit the Pacific Northwest a century ago. It should inform how we think about the coronavirus.

Here and beyond, reports of deaths by suicide indicate the mental health toll likely caused by the influenza pandemic.

Dr. T.D. Tuttle was Washington's Health Commissioner during the 1918 flu. He wasn't always popular — even when he was right.

During the 1918 flu, bad actors ripped off renters, exploited dead sailors and drank illegal whiskey.

Seattle leaders relaxed containment rules during the Spanish flu outbreak of 1918, fueling a second wave of infections.