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10 Deadliest Epidemics

Can you name the diseases responsible for taking millions of lives all around the globe?
https://www.healthcarebusinesstech.com/the-10-deadliest-epidemics-in-history/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_epidemics
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Last updated: August 7, 2020
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Disease
This lung disease traces back to the DNA of Egyptian mummies.
Tuberculosis
Emerging in 1918, it is considered one of the deadliest outbreaks in history.
Influenza / Spanish Flu
This 14th century scourge is considered the first pandemic on earth.
Bubonic Plague
This disease killed 90 million Native Americans when it was brought to the New World.
Smallpox
Like malaria, this disease spreads from person to person through infected mosquitoes.
Yellow Fever
This disease was common in India before spreading worldwide in the 19th century.
Cholera
This mosquito-born illness is epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa.
Malaria
Emerging in the 1980’s, it has killed more than 25 million people worldwide.
AIDS
Spread during the Thirty Years War in the 1600s, this scourge claimed over 10 million lives.
Typhus
Mostly targeting children, this disease affects the legs and can lead to paralysis.
Polio
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Aug 7, 2020
Spanish flu should also be accepted for the 1918 outbreak
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Aug 7, 2020
Thanks I added it. Hope I won't need to update this one day adding COVID.