The year 2018 will mark the 100th anniversary of the deadliest influenza outbreak in history. Scientists estimate that the influenza pandemic of 1918 killed more than 50 million people around the world. Other estimates go much higher. Because of a lack of medical record-keeping, we may never know the exact number. However, the outbreak was a global disaster, killing more people than World War I. In the United States, historians at the National Archives state that the flu afflicted over 25 percent of the U.S. population. In one year, the average life expectancy in the United States dropped by 12 years. It was a fast killer. Again, archival records state that some victims died within hours of their first symptoms. Others died after a few days. Their lungs filled with fluid and they suffocated to death.
Title: Flu Virus Can Be Deadlier Than War
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2249/deadly_flu.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Flu Virus Can Be Deadlier Than War' data-article-id='2766'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='10458'>The year 2018 will mark the 100th anniversary of the deadliest influenza outbreak in history.</span> <span data-start-time='10458' data-end-time='20813'>Scientists estimate that the influenza pandemic of 1918 killed more than 50 million people around the world.</span> <span data-start-time='20813' data-end-time='24208'>Other estimates go much higher.</span> <span data-start-time='24208' data-end-time='31750'>Because of a lack of medical record-keeping, we may never know the exact number.</span> <span data-start-time='31750' data-end-time='40563'>However, the outbreak was a global disaster, killing more people than World War I.</span> <span data-start-time='40563' data-end-time='52771'>In the United States, historians at the National Archives state that the flu afflicted over 25 percent of the U.S. population.</span> <span data-start-time='52771' data-end-time='61271'>In one year, the average life expectancy in the United States dropped by 12 years.</span> <span data-start-time='61271' data-end-time='64417'>It was a fast killer.</span> <span data-start-time='64417' data-end-time='72729'>Again, archival records state that some victims died within hours of their first symptoms.</span> <span data-start-time='72729' data-end-time='76375'>Others died after a few days.</span> <span data-start-time='76375' data-end-time='81375'>Their lungs filled with fluid and they suffocated to death.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2249/deadly_flu.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=9801 data-hint-location='64417' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2249/what_does_archive_mean.m4a'>What does archive mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='historic report'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2249/anniversary.m4a'><span>anniversary</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2249/high_estimate.m4a'><span>high estimate</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2249/incomplete_documents.m4a'><span>incomplete documents</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2249/historic_report.m4a'><span>historic report</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=9802 data-hint-location='40563' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2249/how_much_of_the_united_states_was_afflicted.m4a'>How much of the United States was afflicted?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='over 25 percent'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2249/one_third.m4a'><span>one third</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2249/over_25_percent.m4a'><span>over 25 percent</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2249/there_is_no_report.m4a'><span>there is no report</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2249/more_than_half.m4a'><span>more than half</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=9803 data-hint-location='31750' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2249/the_outbreak_was_a_global__blank_.m4a'>The outbreak was a global <span 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