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The Black Death killed up to 60% of Europe. Smallpox killed 300 million in the 20th century alone. Spanish flu infected one-third of humanit...
Diseases That Changed the Course of HistoryThe Athens Plague may have cost them the Peloponnesian War. Syphilis terrified Renaissance Europe. Yellow fever stopped the French from buil...
Diseases We Have Eradicated or Nearly EradicatedSmallpox was declared eradicated in 1980 after a 12-year WHO campaign. Rinderpest, a cattle disease, was eradicated in 2011. Polio is 99% go...
The Next Pandemic: Disease X and Future ThreatsThe WHO lists priority diseases with pandemic potential: Disease X, Lassa fever, Nipah, MERS, and others. Deforestation brings humans closer...
Timeline of Medical Breakthroughs1796 Jenner developed vaccination. 1928 Fleming discovered penicillin. 1955 Salk vaccine defeated polio. 1967 first heart transplant. 1996 H...