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Month |
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End Day |
Headline |
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1944 |
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1945 |
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Crimean Hemorrhagic Fever Discovered |
Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) was first discovered in Crimea in 1944. |
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1947 |
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1952 |
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Zika identified |
Zika was first identified in 1947 and the first human cases found in 1952. By 2007 there were 14 documented cases, but many may have gone undocumented. |
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1967 |
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1968 |
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Marburg First Discovered |
Marburg hemorrhagic fever (Marburg HF) was first discovered in 1967 when two laboratories, one in Marburg and Frankfurt, Germany and the other in Belgrade, Serbia (Yugoslavia at the time). The infection stemmed from laboratory workers exposed to African green monkeys, or their tissues, from Uganda. |
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1969 |
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1970 |
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Lassa Fever discovered |
Lassa fever is an acute viral illness that occurs in west Africa. The illness was discovered in 1969 when two missionary nurses died in Nigeria. The virus is named after the town in Nigeria where the first cases occurred. The virus, a member of the virus family Arenaviridae, is a single-stranded RNA virus and is zoonotic, or animal-borne.-CDC |
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1969 |
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1970 |
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Crimean Hemorrhagic Fever in the Congo |
Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) was renamed after it was discovered to have caused illness in the Congo in 1969. |
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1976 |
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1977 |
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Ebola first recognized |
The first recognized outbreak of Ebola took place in Zaire, now the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in Sudan/South Sudan. 318 cases were reported and there were 280 deaths.CDC |
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1976 |
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1977 |
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Infection in lab |
A laboratory infection affected one in England due to a needle stick.CDC |
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1980 |
5 |
8 |
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World Free of Smallpox |
The 33rd World Health Assembly declared the world free of Smallpox. |
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1995 |
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1996 |
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Ebola outbreak |
315 infected, 250 deaths in Zaire, now the Democratic Republic of the Congo.CDC |
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1998 |
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2000 |
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Marburg Outbreak in the DRC |
There were 128 deaths out of 154 cases (83%) beginning in Durba, DRC. Most cases were among workers from a gold mine. |
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2002 |
1 |
1 |
2003 |
1 |
1 |
Emory's Unit Created |
The unit was created in 2002 after the 2001 anthrax event.Stephens, et al. |
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2003 |
2 |
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2004 |
4 |
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SARS outbreak |
The outbreak of Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) began in 2003 and spread to more than two dozen countries before it was contained.CDC |
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2004 |
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2005 |
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Marburg Outbreak in Angola |
There were 227 deaths out of 252 cases (90%) beginning in Uige Province, Angola. |
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2005 |
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2006 |
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Nebraska Biocontainment Unit Commissioned |
The United States Centers for Disease Control commissioned the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit (NBU) in 2005. |
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2009 |
4 |
24 |
2010 |
8 |
10 |
H1N1 2009 Pandemic |
In 2009 the H1N1 Swine flu became the dominant flu virus and was a pandemic. Read more about the H1N1 Swine ful on the WHO page. |
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2009 |
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2011 |
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Lassa Fever Spreads in West Africa |
Lassa fever is endemic in parts of west Africa including Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea and Nigeria; however, other neighboring countries are also at risk, as the animal vector for Lassa virus, the "multimammate rat" (Mastomys natalensis) is distributed throughout the region. In 2009, the first case from Mali was reported in a traveler living in southern Mali; Ghana reported its first cases in late 2011. Isolated cases have also been reported in Côte d’Ivoire and Burkina Faso and there is serologic evidence of Lassa virus infection in Togo and Benin. |
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2012 |
9 |
1 |
2018 |
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MERS-CoV is confirmed in September 2012, and continues to be ongoing |
MERS-CoV was confirmed in Saudi Arabia in September 2012. According to the WHO by January 2018 there had been 2143 laboratory-confirmed cases of infection with MERS-CoV including at least 750 related deaths reported globally. |
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2013 |
3 |
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Asian Lineage Avian Influenza A (H7N9) Virus first reported in China |
Annual sporadic epidemics are reported yearly in China after 2013. |
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2013 |
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2018 |
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Zika Outbreak Spreads |
Guillain-Barre as side effects, and in October 2015 Brazil reported an unusual increase in cases of microcephaly. See the WHO timeline. |
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2014 |
3 |
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2016 |
12 |
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Ebola outbreak from 2014-2016. |
The Ebola outbreak took place primarily in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. There were 28,616 cases and 11,310 deaths. CDC |
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2015 |
5 |
11 |
2015 |
7 |
21 |
MERS-CoV outbreak in Korea |
A 68 year old man returning from a trip through the Middle East is diagnosed with MERS-CoV in Korea. See details about MERS-CoV in Korea. According to the WHO by October 2015 a total of 186 MERS-CoV cases, including 36 deaths, had been associated with the outbreak in the Republic of Korea.WHO |
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2016 |
1 |
26 |
2017 |
7 |
27 |
COCA educates on Zika |
Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity (COCA) prepares clinicians to respond to emerging health threats and public health emergencies. COCA communicates relevant, timely information related to disease outbreaks, disasters, terrorism events, and other health alerts. Beginning in January of 2016, COCA began periodically having calls on Zika with updates and information for clinicians. COCA also provides training resources. |
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2018 |
4 |
1 |
2018 |
7 |
24 |
Ebola Outbreak in the Congo |
Between April 1st and July 24th, 2018, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported 54 Ebola virus disease cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), resulting in 33 deaths. Fifty WHO public health experts were deployed to assist the DRC’s Ministry of Health. Confirmed and probable cases have been reported from three health zones: Bikoro (21 cases), Iboko (29 cases), and Wangata (4 cases). On July 24th the Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of Congo declared the end of the outbreak, after two incubation periods passed without infection.CDC outbreak page. |
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2018 |
8 |
1 |
2020 | 02 | 17 |
Another Outbreak in the Congo |
On August 1, 2018, a new outbreak of Ebola was declared by the Ministry of Health in the North Kivu Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). CDC outbreak page. |
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2019 |
3 |
24 |
2020 | 02 | 17 |
DRC Outbreak Tops 1000 Cases |
As of March 24, 2019, public health officials have documented that the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has surpassed 1,000 cases; the current total number of confirmed and probable cases is 1009, including 625 deaths and 318 survivors. The outbreak is the largest in DRC’s history and the second largest outbreak recorded of Ebola ever (after the 2014-2016 outbreak in West Africa).WHO |
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2019 |
6 |
11 |
2019 | 9 | 1 | DRC Outbreak Spreads to Uganda |
An Ebola case was confirmed on June 11th in Kasese district in Uganda (WHO Africa, Uganda Ministry of Health). The case was in a 5 year old boy, who travelled with his family to the Democratic Republic of Congo. His brother and grandmother were also confirmed with Ebola June 13th (WHO Africa, Uganda Ministry of Health).
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2019 |
12 |
31 |
Novel Coronavirus in Wuhan, China |
A novel Coronavirus was reported to the WHO from Wuhan, China on December 31st, 2019 and spread to Thailand, Japan, Korea, and the USA by January 21, 2020. Read more (CIDRAP).
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2020 |
2 |
20 |
COVID-19 Patients in the USA |
"The respiratory illness outbreak of the novel coronavirus reported in China (COVID-19) continues to affect people and travel. The University of Nebraska Medical Center receives patients from the cruise ship in Japan CBS 46."
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2020 |
12 |
14 |
First COVID-19 Vaccinations in the USA |
"The first shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine were given in the USA on Monday December 15, 2020 (New York Times; CDC.)"
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2021 |
1 |
31 |
COVID-19 Outbreak Continues to Spread Globally |
"The respiratory illness outbreak of the novel coronavirus reported in China (COVID-19) continues to affect people and travel. The University of Nebraska Medical Center receives patients from the cruise ship in Japan Omaha Daily Record."
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2021 |
7 |
17 |
Monkeypox virus infection in a U.S. citizen |
"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in collaboration with the Texas Department of State Health Services and Dallas County Health and Human Services, is investigating a single case of monkeypox virus infection in a U.S. citizen who resides in the United States and recently returned from travel to Nigeria (CDC)."
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2022 |
1 |
3 |
COVID-19 vaccine approved for 5-11 |
"On Jan. 3, the FDA authorized the use of a single booster dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine for administration to individuals 12 through 15 years of age after completion of primary vaccination with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine (FDA)."
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2022 |
3 |
29 |
Second COVID-19 booster approved for some groups |
"CDC expanded eligibility for an additional booster dose for certain individuals who may be at higher risk of severe outcomes from COVID-19. Boosters are safe, and people over the age of 50 can now get an additional booster 4 months after their prior dose to increase their protection further (CDC)."
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2022 |
5 |
18 |
Monkeypox virus case in the U.S. |
"On May 18, 2022, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) confirmed a single case of monkeypox virus infection in an adult male with recent travel to Canada. DPH is working closely with the CDC, relevant local boards of health, and the patient’s health care providers to identify individuals who may have been in contact with the patient while he was infectious. The first confirmed a case of Monkeypox in England on May 7, 2022, was in a patient who had recently traveled from Nigeria, where they are believed to have contracted Monkeypox before travelling to the UK. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is working closely with the NHS to contact those who may have been in close contact with the patient, including passengers who traveled on the same flight to the UK (UKHSA)."
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