The first swine flu, 1976: The pandemic that wasn't Scary as it is now, the first time swine flu appeared in the States was more of a whimper than a bang. The virus first popped up in early ...

Those learning for the first time of the devastating consequences of the worldwide 1918 influenza pandemic typically respond ... This was the case in February 1976 when soldiers at Fort Dix ...

Pandemics are not necessarily once-in-a-lifetime events. We already saw in 2009 a swine flu pandemic that killed up to half a million people globally. H5N1 bird flu continues to spread in poultry ...