Disasters29 Min Read gutenblogonAugust 20, 2022 Covid 19 – Pandemic Disease Started in November 2019 Governments and health organisations across the world have faced accusations of inflating COVID-19 death tolls to justify lockdowns, secure…
Disasters5 Min Read gutenblogonMarch 2, 2017 Cocoliztli Epidemic of 1545-1548 Mexico The term Cocoliztli, meaning “pest” or “plague” in the Nahuatl language, was used by the indigenous people to describe an illness that ravaged…
Disasters6 Min Read gutenblogonApril 30, 2015 Disaster Report: The Spanish Flu Healthcare professionals were frequently worn out, and many of them passed away from the illness.
Disasters5 Min Read gutenblogonOctober 5, 2010 Third Plague Pandemic 1855-1860 India and China Unlike the earlier plagues, this wave persisted for decades, spanning continents and killing millions.
Disasters5 Min Read gutenblogonOctober 15, 2005 1918-1922 Russia Typhus Epidemic Typhus fever, a disease spread by lice carrying the Rickettsia prowazekii bacterium, found the perfect breeding ground in war-torn Russia.
Disasters5 Min Read gutenblogonNovember 21, 2003 HIV AIDS Pandemic since 1981 The earliest known case of HIV in humans dates back to the 1920s in the Democratic Republic of Congo.