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How Long Did the Flu Pandemic of 1918 Last?: Media

The influenza pandemic of 1918–19 was the most severe pandemic of the 20th century and among the most devastating in human history

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Flu epidemic hospital
A temporary hospital in Camp Funston, Kansas, during the 1918–19 influenza pandemic.
Courtesy of the National Museum of Health and Medicine, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, D.C.