American Legion at the convention and later became known as Legionnaires' disease ("Legionellosis"). The bacterium that causes the illness was later named "Legionella". In 1988, after over 44 years of opposing U.S. Merchant seamen from receiving benefits under the G.I. Bill, they allowed Merchant seamen to join The American Legion. This followed Merchant seamen being granted limited veterans status by the United States Secretary of the Air Force on January 19, 1988. After a 1989 U.S. Supreme Court decision ("Texas v. Johnson"), The American Legion launched and funded an unsuccessful campaign to win a constitutional amendment against harming the flag of the
2018 Équateur province Ebola outbreak 2018), which was the most serious in the country since 1994. The table below indicates the 10 outbreaks that have occurred since 1976: 2018 Équateur province Ebola outbreak The 2018 Équateur province Ebola outbreak occurred in the north-west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) from May to July 2018. It was the largest outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) since the West African epidemic of 2013–16, but never spread beyond Équateur province. It was also the first time the rVSV-ZEBOV Ebola vaccine had been used to stop an outbreak, with a total of 3,481 people vaccinated. It was