Skeletons from 1918 flu pandemic reveal clues about those most likely to die, study finds

The skeletons of people who were alive during the 1918 flu pandemic have revealed new clues as to those more likely to die from the virus, according to a new study.

It’s long been assumed that the 1918 flu primarily affected young, healthy adults — but a new study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences seems to contradict that, suggesting that frail or unhealthy people were more vulnerable.  "‘Healthy’ people are not supposed to die. We have a term called ‘selective mortality,’ which says that certain people are more likely to die than others." Melissa Rudy is health editor and a member of the lifestyle team at Fox News Digital. 

Researchers from McMaster University in Canada and the University of Colorado Boulder examined the skeletal remains of 369 individuals housed at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.