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This is a timeline of influenza, briefly describing major events such as outbreaks, epidemics, pandemics, discoveries and developments of vaccines.In addition to specific year/period-related events, there is the seasonal flu that kills between 250,000 and 500,000 people every year and has claimed between 340 million and 1 billion human lives throughout history.
US influenza statistics by flu season. From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention page called "Disease Burden of Flu": "Each year CDC estimates the burden of influenza in the U.S. CDC uses modeling to estimate the number of flu illnesses, medical visits, hospitalizations, and deaths related to flu that occurred in a given season.
Between the fall of 1789 and the spring of 1790, influenza occurred extensively throughout the United States and North America more broadly. First reported in the southern United States in September, it spread throughout the northern states in October and November, appeared about the same time in the West Indies, and reached as far north as Nova Scotia before the end of 1789.
Weekly numbers show that 2% of U.S. deaths for week 5 were due to the flu. COVID was responsible for 1.5% of deaths in the nation, the numbers show.
In the 1775–1782 North American smallpox epidemic data based on remnant settlements indicate at least 130,000 people died in the epidemic that started in 1775. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] During the Revolution General George Washington insisted his soldiers get inoculated else his forces might get decimated or the British try to use smallpox as a weapon.
During the week ending Feb. 15, 6.8% of visits to doctors' offices were for flu-like illness, down from 7.7% of visits over the previous two weeks, CDC data shows. Flu activity 'elevated' in US ...
While the flu season is far from over and flu cases have been reported year-round in the United States in the past, during a typical year, influenza cases would likely ramp up during the fall and ...
Influenza data after 1700 is more accurate, so it is easier to identify flu pandemics after this point. [77] The first flu pandemic of the 18th century started in 1729 in Russia in spring, spreading worldwide over the course of three years with distinct waves, the later ones being more lethal.