USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Yellow fever was first reported in Cuba in 1649, when one-third of Havana residents died from the disease. From 1856 to 1879, the disease struck the city nearly every month. Foreign occupiers were particularly susceptible: an estimated 16, 000 Spanish troops died from yellow fever between 1895 and 1898.

Detailed explanation-2: -Spanish American War-“A Splendid Little War"

Detailed explanation-3: -The Spanish-American War claimed the lives of 3, 000 Americans, but only a small fraction of these soldiers died in combat. Yellow fever and typhoid decimated entire units, swiftly spreading through camps in the Caribbean and the southeastern United States.

Detailed explanation-4: -During the Spanish-American war, more American soldiers died from yellow fever, malaria, and other diseases than from combat. After the war, the disease continued to ravage both Cubans and the American occupation force, prompting, Army Surgeon General George M.

Detailed explanation-5: -The influenza epidemic that swept the world in 1918 killed an estimated 50 million people. One fifth of the world’s population was attacked by this deadly virus. Within months, it had killed more people than any other illness in recorded history. The plague emerged in two phases.