Plagues That Changed The World – A Two-Part Series​

In light of the ongoing pandemic, ZMAN examines the history of epidemic diseases and the profound ways they changed the world. Each one involves its own medical drama as society and individuals come to grips with a world filled with deadly pathogens. Learn about their effects, the race to find vaccines—and how they finally ended.

Part I

• The Black Death—History’s most deadly pandemic that forever changed the face of Europe.
• The Spanish Flu—Why it was so deadly is a mystery to this day.

Part II

• Polio—The terror, and how it was defeated.
• Ebola—The deadly virus and the accidental vaccine.
• Cholera—An almost-forgotten disease brought back by human negligence.