The World Changed Its Approach to Health After the 1918 Flu. Will It After The COVID-19 Outbreak?
As the world grapples with a global health emergency that is COVID-19, many are drawing parallels with a pandemic of another infectious disease – influenza – that took the world by storm just over 100 years ago. We should hope against hope that this one isn’t as bad, but the 1918 flu had momentous long-term consequences – not least for the way countries deliver healthcare. Could COVID-19 do the same?
The 1918 flu pandemic claimed at least 50 million lives, or 2.5 per cent of the global population, according to current estimates. It washed over the world in three waves. A relatively mild wave in the ...
Source: TIME: Health - March 7, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Laura Spinney Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 health History ideas Source Type: news
Mass grave shows how Black Death devastated the countryside
Grave in Lincolnshire dates to medieval pandemic of 1348 and reveals rural plague catastropheA mass grave containing the remains of dozens of victims of theBlack Death offers chilling new evidence of the speed and scale of the devastation the plague brought to rural England, according to archaeologists.The grave, discovered in a remote corner of rural Lincolnshire, has been dated to the 14th century, almost certainly to theearliest and deadliest medieval outbreak of the disease in 1348-9.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 18, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Esther Addley Tags: Bubonic plague Archaeology Rural affairs History of science Heritage Society UK news Source Type: news
China reports fourth case of plague this month
Chinese health authorities on Thursday reported a fresh case of bubonic plague in the country's northern Inner Mongolia region, bringing the total number of plague cases to four since the beginning of the month. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 28, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Medical News Today: Bubonic plague: Third case reported in China
This week, officials have received reports of a third case of bubonic plague in China. In this article, we provide the details and some important context. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Source Type: news
A hunter ate a wild rabbit and caught bubonic plague
Twenty-eight people are in quarantine in China's northern Inner Mongolia province after a hunter was diagnosed with bubonic plague Saturday, the local health commission said. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - November 18, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Explainer: Don't panic about China's "Black Death" plague cases
China reported a third case of bubonic plague on Sunday after two other plague cases were revealed last week, but the disease remains rare despite its fearsome reputation and authorities say the cases appear unrelated. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 18, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
China diagnoses 3rd case of bubonic plague
China says a man has been diagnosed with bubonic plague after consuming wild rabbit, adding to two plague cases already diagnosed in the capital Beijing (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - November 18, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
China's Inner Mongolia reports fresh bubonic plague case
China's Inner Mongolia reported a fresh, confirmed case of bubonic plague on Sunday, despite an earlier declaration by the country's health officials that the risk of an outbreak was minimal. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 17, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Two people got the plague in China. Why is it still a thing?
Two people in China are being treated for plague, authorities said Tuesday. It's the second time the disease, the same one that caused the Black Death, one of the deadliest pandemics in human history, has been detected in the region -- in May, a Mongolian couple died from bubonic plague after eating the raw kidney of a marmot, a local folk health remedy. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - November 13, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Two people diagnosed with pneumonic plague in China
Authorities working to contain outbreak of disease that is worse than bubonic plagueTwo people in China have been diagnosed with plague, the latest cases of a disease more commonly associated with historical catastrophe.Plague is caused by the bacteriumYersinia pestis and can arise in three forms – a lung infection, known as pneumonic plague; a blood infection, known as septicemic plague; and a form that affects the lymph nodes, called bubonic plague.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 13, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Nicola Davis Tags: China Infectious diseases Asia Pacific World news Medical research Microbiology Science Source Type: news
The Week That Wasn't: Bubonic Plague, Obesity Test, Injection Device The Week That Wasn't: Bubonic Plague, Obesity Test, Injection Device
A quick overview of three medical stories that are worth a mention.Medscape (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - May 10, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Internal Medicine Article Source Type: news
Bubonic plague kills couple who ate raw marmot
Bubonic plague did not entirely disappear after the "Black Death" outbreaks of the Middle Ages (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
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Why is bubonic plague still a thing?
A local folk remedy thought to provide good health had the opposite effect for one Mongolian couple: After eating the raw kidney of a marmot, the pair died of bubonic plague, AFP news agency reported on Monday. Health authorities responded by declaring a quarantine that included locals and foreign tourists who had come into contact with the couple. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - May 8, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Plague: What to Know in 2019
It dates back to the 6th century, but bubonic plague is still active in the U.S. Three new cases have been reported in the last six months in cats, but no humans, in Wyoming. (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - January 18, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Cats test positive for bubonic plague
No human cases have been identified, but health officials warn the disease can be passed to people from infected animals (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - January 16, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
