<P> In the United States , the disease was first observed in Haskell County , Kansas , in January 1918 , prompting local doctor Loring Miner to warn the U.S. Public Health Service 's academic journal . On 4 March 1918 , company cook Albert Gitchell reported sick at Fort Riley , an American military facility that at the time was training American troops during World War I , making him the first recorded victim of the flu . Within days , 522 men at the camp had reported sick . By 11 March 1918 , the virus had reached Queens , New York . Failure to take preventive measures in March / April was later criticised . </P>
<P> In the United States , the disease was first observed in Haskell County , Kansas , in January 1918 , prompting local doctor Loring Miner to warn the U.S. Public Health Service 's academic journal . On 4 March 1918 , company cook Albert Gitchell reported sick at Fort Riley , an American military facility that at the time was training American troops during World War I , making him the first recorded victim of the flu . Within days , 522 men at the camp had reported sick . By 11 March 1918 , the virus had reached Queens , New York . Failure to take preventive measures in March / April was later criticised . </P>
where did the influenza epidemic first occur in 1918
where did the influenza epidemic first occur in 1918
Haskell County , Kansas
Haskell County , Kansas