Third Pandemic

Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) populations on the island of Tasmania have experienced a rapid decline during the past twenty years due to the spread of a cancer called Devil Facial Tumor Disease or DFTD. DFTD is a deadly contagious cancer that is characterized by red oozing lesions or tumors that form on the face and mouth of the Tasmanian devil. The cancer spreads from one devil to another when a DFTD infected devil bites a healthy devil thereby infecting the open wounds with cancer cells

In society over the decades, diseases have found countless ways to reproduce and infect many. As seen in the movie, World War Z, a pandemic virus spread throughout the entire world and killed billions. Similarly, the black plague was a bacteria that killed two-thirds of the Eurasian population. The spread of these deadly diseases can lead to disorder and chaos regarding economic and social construct, leaving short and long term effects. The birth of the disease can begin in one area and then spread

BREAKING NEWS A deadly disease is spreading through Europe today. Many people have been killed by this monstrous disease. This disease will give you pains, headaches, coughing blood and bubble like sacks on your body. This disease also leaves the tip of your fingers black. This disease will most likely kill you in 1-3 days. Very few have gotten this disease and survived. Due to the amount of people dying, the conditions of towns have gone way down. Doctors are trying to figure out treatments and

[1]. Pneumonic plague usually causes fatality in “less than three days if no treatment is administered.” [1]. “Plague has been one of the deadliest bacterial infections in human history, causing millions of deaths during three major historical pandemics.” Well-known for killing millions of people in the Middle Ages in Europe, the Yersinia pestisis bacteria, or bubonic plague as it is perhaps most commonly known, is effectively treated today. Three major

The Black Death was the most dangerous and contagious widespread disease in history. The Black Death lasted from 1347 to 1351 spreading across Europe killing millions. This is classified as the longest disease that still hasn't had a proper cure for. The disease originated in China and spread across trade routes by interaction and communication. Rodents and Fleas caused the disease by a simple bite to a human even animals causing them to have numerous symptoms which led to death. The Black Death

The Black Plague vs Ebola The black plague occurred in the early 1340s and killed over one-third of Europe’s population. This happened in Europe when 12 boarding ships showed up with rats that had fleas on them. Ebola is currently killing people around the world. It is spreading more and more everyday. It is spreaded through touch, air, and body fluids. Ebola is the new Black Plague, and we need to have more medical assistance in places where the disease is most active. The Black Plague killed over

Imagine a world, with no kayos, and soon get a mystery disease, that someone wouldn’t know it would kill. The Bubonic Plague, also known as the Black Death, would come and go, killing millions of people. This deadly disease was the biggest time that had the most deaths according to it. It came from the Black Sea, and soon would invade villages, whipping them out within a week. Caused by infected fleas, the Black Plague was a painful disease that left huge black spots on the skin and killed millions

Many individuals may be well-aware of the infectious disease that wiped-out approximately half of the European population during the Middle Ages, the Bubonic Plague. However, based on Carl Zimmer’s article “In Ancient DNA, Evidence of Plague Much Earlier than Previously Known”, studies have indicated that the bacterium responsible for the plague has been menacing human populations longer than we have presumed so. According to the studies Zimmer discusses within his article, the infectious strains

plague is thought to be caused by a bacterium called Yersinia Pestis. The Bubonic Plague was spread to Crimea in 1346 most likely by fleas on rats that traveled there on merchant ships. The Bubonic Plague is responsible for the death of about one-third of Europe's population in the 1300s. It also killed approximately 12 million people in China in the mid-1800s.

During the mid-thirteenth century to the fourteenth century, an outbreak of a disease called the Bubonic Plague, or Black Death, occurred. It was a very deadly disease that killed approximately one-third of the population of both Europe and the Middle East based on the Student Guide Sheet. It was spread by black rats to fleas then to humans. The infected fleas from the rats would land on the humans, causing them to get the disease. It was spread across the world from China to Europe based on Document