As humans become more connected, technologically advanced, and expand our horizons, novel diseases often emerge. In the previous episode of the Public Health Insight Podcast, we highlighted the factors that contribute to the cyclical emergence of pandemics throughout history. For this episode, we do a chronological deep dive into some of the most notable pandemics that have occurred and how they impacted societies at the time.

Pandemics Covered

• Antonine Plague
• Plague of Justinian
• Black Death
• New World Smallpox Outbreak
• Cholera
• Third Plague
• Influenza Pandemics & Spanish” Flu
• HIV/AIDS
• COVID-19

Podcast Host

• Sulaiman Alhalbouni, BMSc, MPH
• Gordon Thane, BMSc, MPH, PMP®
• Ben Umakanthan, HBSc, MPH
• William Wang, BA, MPH
• Linda Holdbrook, BSc, MPH
• Leshawn Benedict, MPH, MSc, CAPM®

References for Our Discussion 

• Geo History: Major epidemics and pandemics 
• Visual Capitalist: Visualizing the History of Pandemics 

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Music Credits

The following tracks were used to produce this podcast episode:

• J.R.S. Schattenberg - Finding Land • Glory from the Heavens • Cavalcade • Mirage
• Twin Musicom - Dual M
• Mozart - Eine kleine Nachtmusik
• Kevin MacLeod - Village Consort
• Habanero - Carmen
• Beethoven - Fur Elise
• Audionautix - Road to Kilcoo
• Johann Strauss -

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