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Within 50 years of its reign, by 1400, it reduced the global population from 450 million to below 350 million, possibly below 300 million, with the pandemic killing as many as 150 million. Some estimates claim that the Black Death claimed up to 60% of lives in Europe at that time [ 25 ].
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Intermittent outbreaks of infectious diseases have had...
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Introduction. The Black Death was one of the most...
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- COVID-19 Pandemic 2019. Coronavirus is believed to have originated in Wuhan in China, the virus spread throughout Europe, the rest of Asia, North America and virtually every part of the world within months since it emerged in late 2019.
- SARS (2002-2004) Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) was first reported in Guangdong, China in February 2003 although experts believe it started in China as early as November 2002.
- HIV/AIDS (1981) The first case of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) was reported in 1981. Since then HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) has spread globally infecting more than 65 million people according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
- H3N2 Pandemic (1968) The 1968 flu pandemic was caused by the influenza H3N2 virus. Although relatively not as deadly, the virus was highly contagious that it spread throughout Southeast Asia within two weeks after it first emerged in Hong Kong in July 1968.
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Feb 28, 2022 · 28 Feb 2022. Article The evolution of a pandemic in 6 charts. We learned first-hand how a global health emergency has to do with much more than just health. It disrupted everything, from travel to commerce to how we work. It left nothing untouched, as our vocabulary underwent a forced expansion, adding words like "social distancing," "herd ...
Mar 9, 2021 · On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19, the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2, a pandemic. Yale Medicine looks back on one of the most challenging periods in recent memory with a month-by-month timeline.
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1527 or 1146 or 374. Year 1400 ( MCD) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The year 1400 was not a leap year in the Proleptic Gregorian calendar .
