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In 1976, an outbreak of the swine flu, influenza A virus subtype H1N1 at Fort Dix, New Jersey caused one death, hospitalized 13, and led to a mass immunization program. After the program began, the vaccine was associated with an increase in reports of Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS), which can cause paralysis, respiratory arrest, and death.
1924 Los Angeles pneumonic plague outbreak; 1924–1925 Minnesota smallpox epidemic; 1947 New York City smallpox outbreak; 1962-1965 rubella epidemic [2] 1976 Philadelphia Legionnaires' disease outbreak; 1976 swine flu outbreak; 1987 Carroll County cryptosporidiosis outbreak; 1990–1991 Philadelphia measles outbreak; 1993 Four Corners ...
Pages in category "1976 disease outbreaks" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. ... 1976 swine flu outbreak; E. 1976 Zaire Ebola virus outbreak; P.
A meme draws false comparisons between the severity of the 1976 flu season as compared to COVID-19. Fact check: COVID-19 is far worse than the influenza outbreaks of 1976, as meme claims Skip to ...
It happened again in 2009, when a human and swine flu switched genes, unleashing the H1N1 swine flu outbreak that killed roughly 500,000 people. Already there is evidence this virus is swapping genes.
2004 Sudan Ebola outbreak 2004 Sudan: Ebola: 7 [237] 2004–2005 Angola Marburg virus outbreak 2004–2005 Angola: Marburg virus: 227 [229] 2005 dengue outbreak in Singapore: 2005 Singapore: Dengue fever: 27 [238] 2006 Luanda cholera epidemic 2006 Luanda, Angola: Cholera: 1,200+ [239] 2006 Ituri Province plague epidemic 2006
As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) explained, there is still no evidence of person-to-person spread of this variant of the bird flu in the U.S. However, it added that it ...
This is a timeline of influenza, briefly describing major events such as outbreaks, epidemics, pandemics, discoveries and developments of vaccines.In addition to specific year/period-related events, there is the seasonal flu that kills between 250,000 and 500,000 people every year and has claimed between 340 million and 1 billion human lives throughout history.