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10 Major Epidemics
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The Plague of Athens The Great Plague of London From famine to disease Fatmata Kalma, a young girl in a red dress, sits on a bench watching a worker in full protective gear and yellow gloves disinfect the area with a spray canister in Kumala, Sierra Leone.
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The Plague of Athens
Between 430 and 426 bce, a brutal epidemic—now...
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of The Ahmanson Foundation (AC1997.10.1), www.lacma.org.
The Great Plague of London
An illustration of a mass burial, which were common during the 1665–66 outbreak of...
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From famine to disease
An 1800s illustration showing Irish immigrants preparing to depart for North America...
North Wind Picture Archives/Alamy
Ebola in western Africa
A worker cleaning in a village in the Koinadugu district of Sierra Leone. Thousands...
© Nikki Kahn—The Washington Post/Getty Images