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Epidemics and pandemics with at least 1 million deaths Rank Epidemics/pandemics Disease Death toll Percentage of population lost Years Location 2 1918 Flu: Influenza A/H1N1: 17–100 million 1–5.4% of global population [4] 1918–1920 Worldwide 2 Plague of Justinian: Bubonic plague 15–100 million 25–60% of European population [5] 541–549
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1900–1904 San Francisco plague epidemic; 1916 New York City polio epidemic; 1918–1930 Encephalitis lethargica epidemic; 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 ...
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.
In March 2014, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported a major Ebola outbreak in Guinea, a western African nation, [1] the disease then rapidly spread to the neighboring countries of Liberia and Sierra Leone with smaller outbreaks occurring in Senegal, Nigeria, and Mali; the resulting West African Ebola virus epidemic is the largest Ebola outbreak (cases and deaths) ever documented.
A serious outbreak of SARS began in southern China in November 2002 and caused 8,096 cases and 774 deaths reported in 37 countries, with a majority of cases in Hong Kong. [40] SARS: China (but spread to multiple countries) 2003: Program launch: At the World Economic Forum in Davos in January, Bill Gates announces the Grand Challenges In Global ...
The Cocoliztli Epidemic or the Great Pestilence was an outbreak of a mysterious illness characterized by high fevers and bleeding which caused 5–15 million deaths in New Spain during the 16th century.
2000 – CDC identified an outbreak of HIV-related tuberculosis among young transgender people in New York and Boston. 2001 – CDC learned of the first of the 2001 anthrax attacks. 2002 – CDC reported that U.S. newborn HIV infections were down 80 percent since 1981. 2003 – Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) was first reported in Asia ...