Tag: World Health Organization (WHO)*
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Mandatory School Closings for the Rest of the 2019-2020 School Year by US State During COVID-19 (Days after Pandemic Declaration on 3/11/20)
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M114 Creator: Marjorie Rowe ’21 Microbiology The COVID-19 pandemic impacted and continues to impact many parts of normal life. This map describes the early panic and shutdown of public schools in the United States. This map considers the start of the pandemic to be March 11, 2020, the day that it was…
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Smallpox and the Cold War
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M100 Creator: Yuan Shang ’21 Health, Behavior & Society and Brain & Cognitive Science Smallpox is a fatal contagious disease caused by Variola major/minor viruses and spread through person-to-person contact and saliva droplets in an infected person’s breath. In the 20th Century alone, more than 300 million people died of Smallpox. Only…