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Bookmark or Share- Pandemics That Changed History: Timeline - HISTORYIn the realm of infectious diseases, a pandemic is the worst case scenario. When an epidemic spreads beyond a country’s borders, that’s when the disease officially becomes a pandemic.
- Pandemic: What It Is and What It Means for You, a pandemic is defined as the “worldwide spread of a new disease.” When a new disease first emerges, most of us lack the natural immunity to fight it off. This can cause a sudden, sometimes rapid,...
- What Is a Pandemic? - WebMD"A pandemic is basically a global epidemic -- an epidemic that spreads to more than one continent," says Dan Epstein, a spokesman for the Pan American Health Organization, a regional office of the...
- Pandemic | Definition of Pandemic by Merriam-WebsterDefinition of pandemic (Entry 1 of 2) 1 : occurring over a wide geographic area (such as multiple countries or continents) and typically affecting a significant proportion of the population pandemic malaria The 1918 flu was pandemic and claimed millions of lives.
- How 5 of History’s Worst Pandemics Finally EndedThree of the deadliest pandemics in recorded history were caused by a single bacterium, Yersinia pestis, a fatal infection otherwise known as the plague. The Plague of Justinian arrived in...
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