Pandemics

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Britannica School

  • Start your research here with authoritative sources.

  • Discover encyclopedia articles, multimedia, primary sources, games, and other learning resources that support your research at three levels.

Research in Context (Gale)

  • Find tertiary and primary information about the lives of people from prehistory through modern time.

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Plague of Athens (430 B.C.E.)

  • An article from the New World Encyclopedia

Justinian's Plague (First Plague Pandemic | 541 C.E.)

  • An article from World History Encyclopedia

  • A video about the causes of the three plague pandemics

The Black Death (Second Plague Pandemic | 1340s C. E.)

  • An article from Britannica School

  • An article from World History Encyclopedia

Spanish Flu (Influenza | 1918-1919 C.E.)

  • A video from the World Economic Forum

  • An article from the Washington Post

HIV/AIDS (1980s →)

  • An article from Britannica School

  • An infographic showing HIV/AIDS prevalence around the world

Swine Flu (H1N1 influenza virus | 2009-2010)

  • An article from the Mayo Clinic

  • An article from STAT News. *Note: the article was written in 2019, a year before COVID-19

COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2 virus | 2020 →)

  • An article from Gale in Context Online

  • An article from Time Magazine about the best global responses to the COVID-19 pandemic

  • An article about lessons learned so far during the pandemic