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The death toll from it has yet to reach 100, but an outbreak of swine flu has gotten huge amounts of attention in the media in recent weeks. Even though regular flu viruses have killed thousands in that time, swine flu is all over the news because of worry that it could escalate into a [...]
Posted by Evan Andrews on Wednesday, May 20, 2009 at 1:01 am
Filed under All, Health · Tagged antonine plague, black death, bubonic plague, cholera, cholera pandemics, death, diseases, flu, infectious diseases, influenza, Malaria, Medicine, mosquito, mosquitoes, outbreak, pandemic, plague, plague of athens, Plague of Justinian, smallpox, spanish flu, swine flu, third pandemic, Typhoid, typhus, virus, viruses
Viruses can often be seen in a very poor light, but they aren’t all bad. In fact, we humans probably wouldn’t exist without viruses. Author Michael Brooks writes about the upside of sharing the planet with these ruthless killer machines. Here are the top 10 reasons to love viruses. Ah-Choo!
10. The virus gave us complex [...]
Posted by TopTenz Master on Tuesday, May 12, 2009 at 1:09 am
Filed under All, Health, Nature · Tagged antibiotics, cure, diseases, dna, Evolution, Health, lethal diseases, Life, mimivirus, nucleus, outbreak, scientists, virus, viruses
Of course, nobody wants to go to prison, but there are some prisons that you really, really don’t want to be imprisoned as an inmate. Being in jail is only part of the problem, staying alive is the bigger issue. Here are the top 10 most dangerous prisons in the world.
10. San Quentin Prison
San Quentin, [...]
Posted by TopTenz Master on Tuesday, September 30, 2008 at 6:15 am
Filed under All, Bizarre, Crime · Tagged Alcatraz Island, assassination, bang kwang, Charles Afflic, Crime, crimes, criminals, dangerous prisons, gang, gangbangers, gangs, insane, mental health, outbreak, san quentin, san quentin prison, sick inmates, solitary confinement, Supermax, torture, Veronique Vasseur, violence, violent offenders
Warning: Some of the images and video may be disturbing. The common cold has no cure. Scientists have been trying for centuries to find the cure, which would undoubtedly make our lives easier. However, the common cold has nothing on these 10 infectious diseases. The diseases are, for lack of a better word, so viral [...]
Posted by William O'Dell on Thursday, July 24, 2008 at 12:05 am
Filed under All, Bizarre, Health · Tagged Animal, anthrax, Bizarre, cholera, common cold, cure, death, Ebola, fatality rate, Health, infectious diseases, influenza, lethal diseases, Malaria, medical, outbreak, SARS, smallpox, spanish flu, top 10 list, Typhoid, typhoid fever, typhoid mary, vaccination, variola virus, virus, viruses, War
