Discover the deadliest epidemics and pandemics in history — including ones that ... After A.D. 180, instability grew throughout the Roman Empire, as it experienced more civil wars and invasions ...

Do you know that during the Black Death, which was one of the worst pandemics in history, some people believed that the disease was caused by "bad air" or "miasma?" This belief led to the use of ...

In this gallery, we look back on the worst pandemics throughout history. Click on ... Treatment yields a 10% fatality rate, but the likelihood of a fatal outcome escalates significantly if ...

Infectious diseases have plagued humankind throughout history ... Tempo has compiled a list of the 20 worst epidemics and pandemics in history. An epidemic is defined as the widespread occurrence ...