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The Coming Plague Episodes

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    Patterns of Disease

    The shocking truth about patterns in global disease

  2. Dengue

    Dengue is the disease that along with yellow fever and malaria is spread by mosquitoes

  3. Ebola

    The ebola virus is still considered uncommon, but comes with truly awful effects

  4. Food Poisoning

    An illness that almost everyone has had - food poisoning

  5. AIDS

    The history of the HIV/AIDS virus

  6. Sexually Transmitted Diseases

    Why are sexually transmitted diseases more prevalent in some places than others?

  7. Malaria

    Malaria is an obstacle to economic progress in developing countries

  8. Smallpox

    A threatening virus-based disease, Smallpox was spread by droplets that caused high fever

  9. Cholera

    Why is cholera still so prevalent?

  10. Tuberculosis

    In 1998, one in three people were infected with tuberculosis