This is a list of the largest known epidemics and pandemics caused by an infectious disease in humans. Widespread non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular disease and cancer are not included.

Feb 27, 2019 · When an epidemic spreads beyond a country’s borders, that’s when the disease officially becomes a pandemic. Communicable diseases existed during humankind’s hunter-gatherer days, but the shift to...

Apr 14, 2020 · Throughout history there have been numerous pandemics, others much worse than COVID-19, that claimed the lives of thousands even millions of people. Ever since humans learned to live in groups forming communities where they live close to each other and also travel across the seas, the world has seen numerous diseases spread like wildfire.

In this article, we review some of the major pandemics that hit humans throughout the centuries. We focus on how they presented, how long they lasted, extent and speed of spread, how they were transmitted, their mortality burden, and how they ended or whether they still represent a threat to humanity.

Dec 23, 2024 · Pandemic, outbreak of infectious disease that occurs over a wide geographical area and that is of high prevalence, generally affecting a significant proportion of the world’s population over the course of several months. Learn about how pandemics arise and about pandemic preparedness and historical pandemics.

Dec 7, 2023 · Pandemics have killed millions of people throughout history. How many deaths were caused by different pandemics, and how have researchers estimated their death tolls?

Throughout known, predominantly Western history, there have been recorded processions of pandemics that each shaped our history and our society, inclusive of shaping the very basic principles of modern health sciences.

In this paper, we review major pandemics that have afflicted humankind throughout history such as plague, cholera, influenza and coronavirus diseases, the way they were controlled in the past and how these diseases are managed today.

Throughout human history, there have been a number of pandemics of diseases such as smallpox. The Black Death , caused by the Plague , caused the deaths of up to half of the population of Europe in the 14th century.

Jan 20, 2025 · Differentiate between pandemics, endemics, and epidemics. Compare the major pandemics afflicting humanity over the past two centuries. Discuss how the 1918 pandemic changed history.