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30.4% of all deaths occurred in children of the age of five and under
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Poor sanitation and hygiene caused the spread of many diseases
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40 out of 45 U.S States had developed health departments
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194 out of every 100,000 people were dying of TB
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Typhoid Fever killed approximately 100 in 100,000 people
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Water treatments became a common practice
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The first countrywide health department was created
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Refrigerators and freezers became available for in home use and significantly reduced the amount of foodbourne illnesses
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Influenza pandemic killed 20 million people worldwide- 500,000 in the U.S.
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Spanish Flu epidemic killed 20 to 100 million people worldwide- 500,00 in the U.S.
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Typhoid fever only killed 33.8 in 100,000 people now
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Public Health Services announced guidelines to a new milk sanitation program
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Penicillin was discovered but not used for medical purposes until 1940 (antibiotics are relatively new to the public- only used for the last 60 years)
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One of the biggest concerns regarding medicine was bills. No one could pay because many were unemployed
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Health department started to prevent diseases by changing their means of sewage disposal, water treatment, food safety, and educating people on personal hygiene
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The top three leading causes of death were heart disease, cancer, and pneumonia/influenza/tuberculosis
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The first blood bank was opened. This helped with complicated surgeries
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A vaccine had still not been invented for TB. 46 out of every 100,000 people died from this
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Influenza epidemic
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The first influenza vaccine was created
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Vaccine programs were put into place. They were mainly used on sick, poor children
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Typhoid Fever death rate down to 1.7 out of 100,000 people
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Malaria is considered officially eliminated from the United States
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First oral polio vaccine
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First measles vaccine
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The Association of Practitioners in Infection Control (APIC) was created by disease control specialists to combine research
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First chicken box vaccine
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First pneumonia vaccine- big discovery due to the amount of people dying of pneumonia
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First vaccine invented for meningitis
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Harvard Medical School discovery many new things about AIDS
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First MRI machine was made. This does not have to do with infectious diseases, however is a huge medical advancement and shows how far we were at this point in time.
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Researchers discover causes of the Kawasaki Diseases- this occurred in many children under 5 years old and significantly decreased the amount of deaths in children
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The National Center for Injury Prevention and Control is established
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The Emerging Infections Program (EIP) is another program developed to help fight and cure infectious diseases
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Center for Disease Control and Prevention developed the National Pharmaceutical Stockpile. This is a company that provides hospitals and other medical supplies to the United States
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The CDC creates laws restricting over-the-counter drug use in the United States
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The CDC requires TB contaminated patients to be put into isolation
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Food safety regulations are carefully watch and adjusted due to salmonella and E.coli outbreaks
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The Emergency Operations Center investigates diseases in the Middle East including Zika and a new respiratory disease
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The Zika outbreak causes the Emergency Operations Center to activate in early 2016 in the United States