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 * Pandemics through the years.**

Every few years there is a new virus or bug that sends the country and the media into a frenzy. The reports are typically outrageous and overblown. This year it was the H1N1 (Swine Flu) virus. A few years ago we had the MRSA scare, and in the lat 1990's we had the SARS and Bird Flu scare.

Use Google News Timeline to research "pandemics" that have occurred since 1900. For each one, identify the following:

1. Name of the virus/infection/bacteria 2. Number of people that it killed/infected 3. Provide a link to one news report related to the story.