COVID-19, the latest in a series of devastating pandemics, originated from human-animal interactions. Explore factors, like hygiene, poverty, urbanization, and travel, which greatly impact the spread of communicable diseases. Examine the symptoms and impacts of pandemics, from the Black Death's toll in the 14th century to Smallpox's decimation of indigenous communities. The Great Plague and the 1918 Spanish Flu equally ravaged Europe. Science's quest for cures and vaccines faces a new challenge, threatening the world's way of life as it seeks solutions to the crisis.

COVID-19, the latest in a series of devastating pandemics, originated from human-animal interactions. Explore factors, like hygiene, poverty, urbanization, and travel, which greatly impact the spread of communicable diseases. Examine the symptoms and impacts of pandemics, from the Black Death's toll in the 14th century to Smallpox's decimation of indigenous communities. The Great Plague and the 1918 Spanish Flu equally ravaged Europe. Science's quest for cures and vaccines faces a new challenge, threatening the world's way of life as it seeks solutions to the crisis.