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USGS map of the United States showing reported cases of West Nile virus infection by county in 2012. Cumulative total of the entire country: 1,590 cases. (Current as of Aug 28, 2012). [1] U.S. West Nile virus (WNV) neuroinvasive disease incidence as of Sep 4, 2012
Pacific Northwest, Canada and United States Smallpox: 20,000+ [159] [160] [161] 1861–1865 United States typhoid fever epidemic 1861–1865 United States Typhoid fever: 80,000 [162] Fourth cholera pandemic: 1863–1875 Middle East: Cholera: 600,000 [163] 1867 Sydney measles epidemic 1867 Sydney, Australia Measles: 748 [164] 1871 Buenos Aires ...
2015 Bronx Legionnaires' disease outbreaks; 2015 United States E. coli outbreak; 2015 United States H5N2 outbreak; 2016 United States Elizabethkingia outbreak; 2017–2018 United States flu season; 2018 United States adenovirus outbreak; 2019 New York measles outbreak; 2019 Pacific Northwest measles outbreak; 2019 United States hepatitis A outbreak
Weekly confirmed COVID-19 deaths Map of cumulative COVID-19 death rates by U.S. state [8] On December 31, 2019, China announced the discovery of a cluster of pneumonia cases in Wuhan . The first American case was reported on January 20, [ 9 ] and Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar declared a public health emergency on January 31. [ 10 ]
2017–2018 United States flu season; 2018 United States adenovirus outbreak; 2019 Pacific Northwest measles outbreak; 2019 United States hepatitis A outbreak; 2019–2020 United States flu season; 2022–2023 mpox outbreak in New York (state) 2022–2023 pediatric care crisis; 2022–2023 United States P. aeruginosa outbreak in eye drops
Health in the United States refers to the overall health of the population of the United States. The World Health Organization defines health as "a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being". [1] Average life expectancy at birth was 78.7 in 2017. [2] Heart diseases are responsible for the greatest number of deaths in the United ...
The 1993 Four Corners hantavirus outbreak was an outbreak of hantavirus disease that occurred in the Four Corners region of the US states in Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. The outbreak marked the discovery of hantaviruses in the Western Hemisphere that could cause disease and revealed the existence of a novel type of disease caused by ...
The new agency was a branch of the U.S. Public Health Service and Atlanta was chosen as the location because malaria was endemic in the Southern United States. [11] The agency changed names (see infobox on top) before adopting the name Communicable Disease Center in 1946. Offices were located on the sixth floor of the Volunteer Building on ...