Technology and Pandemics

Technology and Pandemics   Throughout history, technology has been crucial to understanding, controlling, and battling pandemics. From producing therapies and information dissemination to disease diagnosis and diagnosis, technology’s impact can be seen in a...

COVID-19

COVID-19 (2019-Present)   The SARS-CoV-2 virus, which gave rise to COVID-19, first appeared in late 2019 and spread fast over the world, causing widespread disease, fatalities, and unheard-of disruptions to daily life. Over 200 million confirmed cases and more...

HIV/AIDS

HIV/AIDS (1981-Present)   The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), which targets the immune system and can cause AIDS, a condition in which the immune system weakens and can result in malignancies and life-threatening infections, is the root cause of the HIV/AIDS...

Cholera (First Pandemic)

Cholera (First Pandemic) – 1817-1824   The First Cholera Pandemic was the first big cholera outbreak. Cholera is a bacterial infection that mostly affects the intestines and, if left untreated, can result in severe dehydration and even death. This pandemic,...

The Third Pandemic

The Third Pandemic (1855-1956)   The moniker “Third Pandemic” refers to a significant bubonic plague outbreak that started in China in the middle of the 19th century. After the Black Death in the 14th century and many resurgences in the 17th and 18th...

The Spanish Flu

The Spanish Flu (1918-1919)   The H1N1 influenza A virus was the primary cause of the unusually deadly Spanish Flu, widely known as the 1918 influenza pandemic. Between 50 and 100 million people died as a result of it, infecting an estimated one-third of the...