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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.
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.
1775–1776 England influenza outbreak 1775–1776 England Influenza: Unknown [116] 1775–1782 North American smallpox epidemic: 1775–1782 Native populations in what is now the Pacific Northwest of the United States Smallpox: 11,000+ [117] [118] 1778 Spain dengue fever outbreak 1778 Spain Dengue fever: Unknown [119] 1782 Influenza pandemic ...
Current events; Random article; ... Pages in category "1976 disease outbreaks" ... 0–9. 1976 swine flu outbreak; E. 1976 Zaire Ebola virus outbreak; P.
Dairy industry experts say the virus entered California after local cows were shipped to another state and then returned to California.
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 ...
US influenza statistics by flu season. From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention page called "Disease Burden of Flu": "Each year CDC estimates the burden of influenza in the U.S. CDC uses modeling to estimate the number of flu illnesses, medical visits, hospitalizations, and deaths related to flu that occurred in a given season.
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