When the Chipeweyan camp nearby succumbs to deadly influenza, the boys help with supplies and nurse the survivors, while Angus travels south in search of medical help.

Dr. Peplau was born in Reading, Pa., and witnessed the deadly influenza epidemic of 1918, which defined her understanding of the impact of illness and death on families.

A deadly influenza moves across the world from Asia, finally arriving on our shores.

In 1983, for instance, a highly contagious and deadly influenza broke out in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

The last big deadly human influenza epidemic in the world was in 1918.

Many died from pneumonia or from the deadly influenza epidemic.

Then, in 1918, the deadly influenza epidemic devastated the city.

The new 75-bed building, high on Stevens Street overlooking the city, was being readied for a December 3 debut in 1918 when the deadly worldwide influenza epidemic struck.

A3 Bird Flu Continues to Spread Chinese officials confirmed outbreaks of the deadly avian influenza in two rural interior provinces, Hunan and Hubei.

The disease centers' sudden warning comes at a time when historians, health officials and policy groups have focused attention on how deadly influenza has been in recent decades.