Pandemic

The history of earth has witnessed numerous remarkable epidemics, which were the reason for millions of human deaths. These tragedies did not distinguish between an animal and a human, even children suffered from them. One example of these epidemics was the Black Death, which had killed approximately seventy-five million people in 1350. Until now, neither human beings nor other creatures have a guarantee against the re-emergence of these epidemics, or against the spread of a new one. For this…

“ Children were lucky to survive till their fifth birthdays “ says author Liza Picard. Medicine in the 1800s or also known as the “ Victorian Era “ was even considered medieval. Not many specialized physicians or drugs existed while terrible diseases such as Cholera or Typhoid dominated the lives of people. Also, the situation of treatment center such as hospitals and care centers were not advanced and taken care of such simple diseases. Although, great advancements in the profession were made…

Three days ago, and infectious virus sprung out of nowhere. The news came on, and the news reporter said “ as you can see, the outsiders are showing signs of cannibalism (the act or practice of humans eating the flesh or internal organs of other human beings)at that point, it was announced that the Zombie Apocalypse had started. I’ve met up with multiple people; these are the people I need in order to ensure my survival. I choose Linda Dempsey, Hugo mitchell, Adelia Rotel, Lashawn Jackson,…

The plague epidemics of the 6th, 14th, and 17th century are commonly known as Justinian’s Plague, the Black Death, and the Plague of 1665, respectively. Yersinia pestis was the major source of the plague in all three epidemics. Modern DNA analysis studies showed that Y. pestis has a strong correlation with victims of the Black Death in the 14th century. However, although these modern studies show biologically that Yersinia pestis was the cause of the Black Death, many scientists are skeptical…

In January 1993, the first major E. coli outbreak swept through the northwestern United States. This is not the first time that a person had been infected with E. coli, but it is the first time that an outbreak became widely known and as far spread. Jack in the Box fast food chain was accredited with the blame for this first big E. coli outbreak. Ever since this first large infection with Escherichia coli the world has been on edge, not wanting another major outbreak. Jack in the Box…

There are a few differences between San Francisco and New York City. One being, the San Francisco climate doesn’t fluctuate as much as the climate in NYC. NYC has hot, hot summers and cold winters (snow storms). But, the weather in SF doesn’t change much (no snow). San Francisco weather is the same because, it is similar to the temperature of the pacific ocean, which is known as an oceanic climate. Air masses move across the continent (towards NYC) off the ocean and change due to the amount of…

Recently, there has been a lot of debates about the Black Plague disease. One group of scholars, represented by the lecturer, believe that the disease origin and transmission is different from what is discussed in the reading passage. The first area of dispute is the origin of the black plague. It has been aimed that the origin of this plague was from Asia and North Africa especially that the last one is still having out breaks until today. According to the professor, an archaeologist was…

Sweeping the nations is a plague called The bird flu. This disease is extremely dangerous and is rapidly spreading uncontrollably. At the rate this plague is spreading now, 50% of the world’s population will be dead in a matter of months! The bird flu is also immensely contagious. Due to air travel, the bird flu can become intercontinental in only a few hours. This plague has done damage, is doing damage, and will continue to do more damage unless it is stopped. Power in the government is…

In 1793 a prompt fever ran through the urbanization of Philadelphia like the swiftest track contestant in the universe. That delirium was called yellow fever. If you had a vile case of yellow fever you had the choice of a French physician or an American physician to treat you.Yellow fever blew in Philadelphia by the nonresident freights. It happened in the burning hot as a coal summer of 1793. If you got tainted by yellow fever you must have gotten pecked by negligible, hypersonic , uproarious…

The Black Death has many names. They consisted of Black Plague, the Bubonic Plague, The Plague, and Pestilence. The Black Plague occurred during 1348-1349 in Western Europe, but if you include Eastern Europe as well and it’s other more remote places then the years would be 1347-1351. According the article named The Black Death, Historians believe that 25%-50% of the entire population of Western Europe died in these two years. From the same article, other pestilences went through Europe and…