Top 7 Deadly Diseases You Believe Have Disappeared

Last Updated on January 7, 2021

Back in the 1960s, Rubella took over the United States in a scary way, especially between 1964 and 1965 because more than 12.5 million people were diagnosed with this awful disease, which led to 20,000 cases of congenital rubella syndrome that left kids deaf, blind, handicapped or dead.

Plus, there were over 11,000 miscarries. Thankfully, and since vaccines were licensed in 1969, the United States is free from rubella, but there are still infected people in Africa and Southeast Asia.

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#4 – Tuberculosis

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We rarely hear about it, but Tuberculosis is still around being the White Plague. It is the world’s biggest infectious killer, and it was all around Europe during the 18th century, and today, it overtakes the United States causing 9,400 cases in 2014 and 1.5 million deaths around the world in 2013.

TB is a disease that attacks the lungs and can damage the whole body. When an infected person coughs, sneezes or talks, the TB virus spreads through the air. Thankfully, it is treatable.

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#5 – Scarlet Fever

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If you noticed that you have symptoms of Scarlet Fever like fever, sore throat, and a red rash, then you must get checked.

Before the antibiotics were available, scarlet fever used to be the main cause of death all over the world. In fact, from 1840 to 1883, the fatality of this disease was higher than 30% in Europe and the United States.

Moreover, there were more than 14,000 cases of scarlet fever in the UK in 2014 because there is still no vaccination for it.

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#6 – Measles

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According to the World Health Organization, Measles is still one of the leading causes of death in the United States among kids, even that many children get vaccinated for this contagious disease. In 2013, there were 145,700 deaths, which mean 16 kids die every hour and 400 every day.

According to CDC, this disease is spread through coughs and sneezes and can live on surfaces for over two hours, which mean it can easily infect non-immune people.