1976 Philadelphia Legionnaires' disease outbreak 1976 Philadelphia Legionnaires' disease outbreak The 1976 Legionnaires disease outbreak, occurring in the late summer in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was the first occasion in which a cluster of a particular type of pneumonia cases were determined to be caused by the "Legionella pneumophila" bacteria. Previous outbreaks were retroactively diagnosed as being most probably caused by Legionella bacteria. On July 21, 1976, the American Legion opened its annual three-day convention at the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. More than 2,000 Legionnaires, mostly men, attended the convention. The date and city were chosen to coincide with America’s celebration of the 200th anniversary of
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