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  2. List of epidemics and pandemics - Wikipedia

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    [21] [22] According to the World Health Organization, approximately 10 million new TB infections occur every year, and 1.5 million people die from it each year – making it the world's top infectious killer (before COVID-19 pandemic). [21] However, there is a lack of sources which describe major TB epidemics with definite time spans and death ...

  3. The top 5 deadliest pandemics - AOL

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    By now, we have all heard about the severe and fatal nature of Ebola but the pandemic isn't the most catastrophic in history. Over the last couple of centuries deadly pandemics have killed ...

  4. Portal:Pandemics - Wikipedia

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    The number of excess deaths caused by the pandemic is estimated to be 1–4 million around the world (1957–1958 and probably beyond), making it one of the deadliest pandemics in history. A decade later, a reassorted viral strain H3N2 further caused the Hong Kong flu pandemic (1968–1969).

  5. List of human disease case fatality rates - Wikipedia

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    Human infectious diseases may be characterized by their case fatality rate (CFR), the proportion of people diagnosed with a disease who die from it (cf. mortality rate).It should not be confused with the infection fatality rate (IFR), the estimated proportion of people infected by a disease-causing agent, including asymptomatic and undiagnosed infections, who die from the disease.

  6. The worst epidemics and pandemics in history - AOL

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    Here are the worst epidemics and pandemics in history, dating from prehistoric to modern times. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800 ...

  7. Here's a look at some of history's worst pandemics - AOL

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  8. Timeline of global health - Wikipedia

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    The 1918 flu pandemic (Spanish flu) is a deadly pandemic involving the Influenza A virus subtype H1N1 that infected over 500 million people all over the world, predominantly affecting healthy young individuals. [27] [28] Influenza: France (origin, possibly disputed) 1922: Organization

  9. Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic - Wikipedia

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    The first confirmed human case in the United States was on 19 January 2020. The World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) on 30 January 2020, and first referred to it as a pandemic on 11 March 2020. [3] [4] The WHO ended the PHEIC on 5 May 2023. [5]