Evidence From Remains Of 1918 Flu Pandemic Victims Contradicts Long-Held Belief That Healthy Young Adults Were Particularly Vulnerable

New analysis of the remains of victims of the 1918 influenza pandemic, which killed an estimated 50 million people worldwide, contradicts the widespread belief the flu disproportionately impacted healthy young adults. 

Because so many people fell ill so quickly, physicians at the time believed the healthy were as likely to...