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Hace 2 días · A pandemic is a widespread and severe outbreak of infectious disease that affects a large proportion of the world's population. Learn about the causes, types, and impacts of pandemics, from the Black Death to COVID-19, and how they are monitored and controlled.
16 de may. de 2024 · Find out the latest outbreaks of infectious diseases in the U.S. and around the world reported by CDC. Learn about the causes, symptoms, prevention, and treatment of various outbreaks, such as COVID-19, measles, salmonella, and more.
Hace 3 días · The lack of written records in many places and the destruction of many native societies by disease, war, and colonization make estimates uncertain. Deaths probably numbered in the tens or perhaps over a hundred million, with perhaps 90% of the population dead in the worst-hit areas.
29 de abr. de 2024 · Jean-Michel Claverie, a virus researcher, on Saturday in Barcelona. Gianluca Battista. A decade ago, Jean-Michel Claverie, 73, thawed a gram of permafrost — permanently frozen soil in the Arctic —...
16 de may. de 2024 · A deadlier version of the infectious disease is ravaging the Democratic Republic of Congo, while the type that caused a 2022 outbreak among gay and bisexual men is regaining strength.
Hace 6 días · Find and access COVID-19 research including journal articles, preprints, clinical trials, datasets, protocols, and more using the Outbreak.info Research Library.
20 de may. de 2024 · Outbreaks in primates —including gorillas, chimpanzees, and humans—and domestic pigs have been recorded. The disease is characterized by extreme fever, rash, and profuse hemorrhaging. In humans, ebolaviruses cause fatality in 25 to 90 percent of cases.
