Many Sonoma County residents made face masks out of gauze, but a group of Petaluma women preferred chiffon. A face mask protects public health during a deadly pandemic, but for people in need of a ...

The 1918 influenza pandemic killed an estimated 50 million people. Many of the same public health measures were put in place like closing schools and banning large gatherings. Some records show that ...

In August 2021, a widely shared tweet pointed to advice about mask wearing given during the 1918 influenza pandemic, and highlighted its relevance for those living through the COVID-19 pandemic, more ...

The petition to the City Council was straightforward: Enact a mandatory mask policy to combat the pandemic, or “the disease will come back again, and will exact a heavier toll than ever.” Seven ...

Viral claims appearing on social media say that Dr. Anthony Fauci published a study in 2008 linking mask usage during the 1918 Spanish Flu outbreak to deadly cases of bacterial pneumonia. One post ...

Mask orders were part of the last pandemic - the Spanish Flu outbreak in 1918. The first cases of the Spanish Flu showed up in March 1918 in Kansas. The New York Times looked at the timeline of the ...

Viral claims appearing on social media say that Dr. Anthony Fauci published a study in 2008 linking mask usage during the 1918 Spanish Flu outbreak to deadly cases of bacterial pneumonia. One post ...