Globalization and disease
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Globalization, the flow of information, goods, capital, and people across political and geographic boundaries, allows infectious diseases to rapidly spread around the world, while also allowing the al
Contemporary engraving of Naples during the Naples Plague in 1656
An early medical illustration of people with syphilis, Vienna, 1498
Sign requiring people to wear masks against the COVID-19 pandemic (China, 2020)
COVID-19 pandemic
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The global COVID-19 pandemic, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, began with an outbreak in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. It spread to other parts of Asia and then worldwide i
Globalization and disease
…alcohol, and unhealthy foods, is important as well. Even during pandemics, it is vital to recognize economic globalization in being a catalyst in the spread of the coronavirus. Economic factors are especially damaged by increased global lockdown regulations and trade blockades. As transportation globalized, economies expanded…
Medical professionals treating a COVID-19 patient in critical condition in an intensive care unit in São Paulo in May 2020
Chinese medics in Huanggang, Hubei, in 2020
Gravediggers bury the body of a man suspected of having died of COVID-19 in the cemetery of Vila Alpina in eastern São Paulo, 3 April 2020.
The deceased in a refrigerated "mobile morgue" outside a hospital in Hackensack, New Jersey, US, in April 2020