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Bookmark or Share- How does COVID-19 compare to other major causes of death? | World ...Globally, in the 16 years between 2000 and 2016, the group classed as communicable, maternal, neonatal and nutritional conditions – including HIV/Aids, diarrhoeal diseases and preterm birth complications – caused fewer deaths, with some dropping out of the top 10 altogether, according to the WHO.
- How COVID-19 vaccine efforts could help defeat other diseasesNow, the possible application of RNA-based technology to malaria immunization marks just one of the ways vaccine research amplified to blunt the pandemic might help defeat other deadly diseases. In addition to malaria, the research could supercharge efforts to immunize against maladies including HIV and tuberculosis .
- 7 deadly diseases the world has (almost) eradicatedThe truth is, we are on the brink of eradicating a string of deadly diseases that were, until recently, affecting millions of people. It has been 35 years since the World Health Organization declared that smallpox had been eradicated.
- Vaccines have killed off these deadly diseasesIn the United States, diseases that caused widespread misery and death in past centuries have been eradicated or almost eradicated. Cases of diphtheria – a deadly disease that affects a person’s breathing – reduced 100% following the introduction of a vaccine.
- The deadly diseases being released as ice thaws - The World Economic ForumAnd rather than diseases being released by melting ice, some argue that as Earth warms northern countries will become more susceptible to outbreaks of "southern" diseases like malaria, cholera and dengue fever, as these pathogens thrive at warmer temperatures.
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