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Quarantine

Index Quarantine

A quarantine is a restriction on the movement of people, animals, and goods which is intended to prevent the spread of disease or pests. [1]

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  1. 253 relations: Act of parliament, Al-Walid I, Albany, Western Australia, Ambulance bus, American Samoa, Anthrax, Apollo 11, Apollo 12, Apollo 14, Arenavirus, Asante Empire, Asymptomatic carrier, Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service, Auxiliary Medical Service, Avicenna, İzmir, Baltic region, Baltic Sea, Basic needs, Bible, Bilge, Bill of health, Bimaristan, Biosecurity, Biosecurity Act 2015, Biosecurity in Australia, Black Death, Black Sea, Blockade, Board of Trade, Book of Leviticus, Bordeaux, Border checkpoint, Bubonic plague, Caliphate, Cambridge University Press, Canada Border Services Agency, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Channel Islands, Charter of the United Nations, Chatham, Kent, Chetney Hill, China, Cholera, Civil Aid Service, Civil and political rights, Clinical Infectious Diseases, Columbia River Quarantine Station, Columbia University, ... Expand index (203 more) »

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Act of parliament

An act of parliament, as a form of primary legislation, is a text of law passed by the legislative body of a jurisdiction (often a parliament or council).

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Al-Walid I

Al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan (al-Walīd ibn ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Marwān; – 23 February 715), commonly known as al-Walid I (الوليد الأول), was the sixth Umayyad caliph, ruling from October 705 until his death in 715.

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Albany, Western Australia

Albany (Kinjarling) is a port city in the Great Southern region in the Australian state of Western Australia, southeast of Perth, the state capital.

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Ambulance bus

An ambulance bus is a type of ambulance with the capacity to transport and treat multiple patients.

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American Samoa

American Samoa is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the Polynesia region of the South Pacific Ocean.

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Anthrax

Anthrax is an infection caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis.

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Apollo 11

Apollo 11 (July 16–24, 1969) was the American spaceflight that first landed humans on the Moon.

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Apollo 12

Apollo 12 (November 14–24, 1969) was the sixth crewed flight in the United States Apollo program and the second to land on the Moon.

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Apollo 14

Apollo 14 (January 31February 9, 1971) was the eighth crewed mission in the United States Apollo program, the third to land on the Moon, and the first to land in the lunar highlands.

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Arenavirus

An arenavirus is a bi- or trisegmented ambisense RNA virus that is a member of the family Arenaviridae.

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Asante Empire

The Ashanti Empire (Asante Twi: Asanteman), sometimes called the Asante Empire, was an Akan state that lasted from 1701 to 1901, in what is now modern-day Ghana.

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Asymptomatic carrier

An asymptomatic carrier is a person or other organism that has become infected with a pathogen, but shows no signs or symptoms.

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Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service

The Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service was the Australian government agency responsible for enforcing Australian quarantine laws, as part of the Department of Agriculture.

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Auxiliary Medical Service

Auxiliary Medical Service (AMS) is a voluntary medical and health services provider in Hong Kong.

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Avicenna

Ibn Sina (translit; – 22 June 1037 CE), commonly known in the West as Avicenna, was a preeminent philosopher and physician of the Muslim world, flourishing during the Islamic Golden Age, serving in the courts of various Iranian rulers.

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İzmir

İzmir is a metropolitan city on the west coast of Anatolia, and capital of İzmir Province.

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Baltic region

The Baltic Sea Region, alternatively the Baltic Rim countries (or simply the Baltic Rim), and the Baltic Sea countries/states, refers to the general area surrounding the Baltic Sea, including parts of Northern, Central and Eastern Europe.

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Baltic Sea

The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden, and the North and Central European Plain.

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Basic needs

The basic needs approach is one of the major approaches to the measurement of absolute poverty in developing countries globally.

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Bible

The Bible (from Koine Greek τὰ βιβλία,, 'the books') is a collection of religious texts or scriptures, some, all, or a variant of which are held to be sacred in Christianity, Judaism, Samaritanism, Islam, the Baha'i Faith, and other Abrahamic religions.

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Bilge

The bilge of a ship or boat is the part of the hull that would rest on the ground if the vessel were unsupported by water.

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Bill of health

A bill of health is a document from officials of a port of departure indicating to the officials of the port of arrival whether it is likely that a ship is carrying a contagious disease, either literally on-board as fomites or via its crewmen or passengers. Quarantine and bill of health are prevention.

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Bimaristan

A bimaristan, or simply maristan, known in Arabic also as dar al-shifa ("house of healing"; darüşşifa in Turkish), is a hospital in the historic Islamic world.

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Biosecurity

Biosecurity refers to measures aimed at preventing the introduction and/or spread of harmful organisms (e.g. viruses, bacteria, plants, animals etc.) intentionally or unintentionally outside their native range and/or within new environments.

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Biosecurity Act 2015

The Biosecurity Act 2015 is an Act of the Parliament of Australia which manages biosecurity risks in Australia.

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Biosecurity in Australia

National biosecurity in Australia is governed and administered by two federal government departments, the Department of Health and the.

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Black Death

The Black Death was a bubonic plague pandemic occurring in Europe from 1346 to 1353.

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Black Sea

The Black Sea is a marginal mediterranean sea lying between Europe and Asia, east of the Balkans, south of the East European Plain, west of the Caucasus, and north of Anatolia.

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Blockade

A blockade is the act of actively preventing a country or region from receiving or sending out food, supplies, weapons, or communications, and sometimes people, by military force.

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Board of Trade

The Board of Trade is a British government body concerned with commerce and industry, currently within the Department for Business and Trade.

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Book of Leviticus

The Book of Leviticus (from Λευιτικόν,; וַיִּקְרָא,, 'And He called'; Liber Leviticus) is the third book of the Torah (the Pentateuch) and of the Old Testament, also known as the Third Book of Moses.

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Bordeaux

Bordeaux (Gascon Bordèu; Bordele) is a city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, southwestern France.

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Border checkpoint

A border checkpoint is a location on an international border where travelers or goods are inspected and allowed (or denied) passage through.

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Bubonic plague

Bubonic plague is one of three types of plague caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis.

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Caliphate

A caliphate or khilāfah (خِلَافَةْ) is a monarchical form of government (initially elective, later absolute) that originated in the 7th century Arabia, whose political identity is based on a claim of succession to the Islamic State of Muhammad and the identification of a monarch called caliph (خَلِيفَةْ) as his heir and successor.

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Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press is the university press of the University of Cambridge.

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Canada Border Services Agency

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA; Agence des services frontaliers du Canada, ASFC) is a federal law enforcement agency that is responsible for border control (i.e. protection and surveillance), immigration enforcement, and customs services in Canada.

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Canadian Food Inspection Agency

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA; Agence canadienne d'inspection des aliments (ACIA)) is a regulatory agency that is dedicated to the safeguarding of food, plants, and animals (FPA) in Canada, thus enhancing the health and well-being of Canada's people, environment and economy.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the national public health agency of the United States.

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Channel Islands

The Channel Islands are an archipelago in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy.

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Charter of the United Nations

The Charter of the United Nations (UN) is the foundational treaty of the United Nations.

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Chatham, Kent

Chatham is a town located within the Medway unitary authority in the ceremonial county of Kent, England.

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Chetney Hill

Chetney Hill was a planned lazaret on the banks of the River Medway estuary in Kent.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.

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Cholera

Cholera is an infection of the small intestine by some strains of the bacterium Vibrio cholerae.

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Civil Aid Service

The Civil Aid Service (CAS) is a civil organisation that assists in a variety of auxiliary emergency roles, including search and rescue operations in Hong Kong.

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Civil and political rights

Civil and political rights are a class of rights that protect individuals' freedom from infringement by governments, social organizations, and private individuals.

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Clinical Infectious Diseases

Clinical Infectious Diseases is a peer-reviewed medical journal published by Oxford University Press covering research on the pathogenesis, clinical investigation, medical microbiology, diagnosis, immune mechanisms, and treatment of diseases caused by infectious agents.

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Columbia River Quarantine Station

The Columbia River Quarantine Station, now known as the Knappton Cove Heritage Center, is a historic site in Knappton, Washington.

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Columbia University

Columbia University, officially Columbia University in the City of New York, is a private Ivy League research university in New York City.

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Commercial aviation

Commercial aviation is the part of civil aviation that involves operating aircraft for remuneration or hire, as opposed to private aviation.

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Computer virus

A computer virus is a type of malware that, when executed, replicates itself by modifying other computer programs and inserting its own code into those programs.

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Concord, Massachusetts

Concord is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.

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Conditional release

Conditional release is a method of release from detention that is contingent upon obeying conditions under threat of return to detention under reduced due process protections.

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Congressional Research Service

The Congressional Research Service (CRS) is a public policy research institute of the United States Congress.

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Containment

Containment was a geopolitical strategic foreign policy pursued by the United States during the Cold War to prevent the spread of communism after the end of World War II.

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Continental Europe

Continental Europe or mainland Europe is the contiguous mainland of Europe, excluding its surrounding islands.

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Cordon sanitaire (medicine)

A cordon sanitaire (French for "sanitary cordon") is the restriction of movement of people into or out of a defined geographic area, such as a community, region, or country. Quarantine and cordon sanitaire (medicine) are prevention.

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COVID-19

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.

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COVID-19 lockdown in China

On 23 January 2020, the central government of China imposed a lockdown in Wuhan and other cities in Hubei in an effort to quarantine the center of an outbreak of COVID-19; this action was commonly referred to as the Wuhan lockdown.

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COVID-19 lockdown in India

On the evening of 24 March 2020, the Government of India ordered a nationwide lockdown for 21days, limiting the movement of the entire 1.38billion (138 crores) population of India as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 pandemic in India.

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COVID-19 lockdowns

During the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, a number of non-pharmaceutical interventions, particularly lockdowns (encompassing stay-at-home orders, curfews, quarantines, cordons sanitaires and similar societal restrictions), were implemented in numerous countries and territories around the world.

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COVID-19 lockdowns in Italy

On 9 March 2020, the government of Italy under Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte imposed a national lockdown or quarantine, restricting the movement of the population except for necessity, work, and health circumstances, in response to the growing pandemic of COVID-19 in the country.

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COVID-19 pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December 2019.

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COVID-19 pandemic in Denmark

On 31 December 2019, China announced the discovery of a cluster of pneumonia cases in Wuhan.

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COVID-19 pandemic in France

The COVID-19 pandemic in France has resulted in confirmed cases of COVID-19 and deaths.

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COVID-19 pandemic in Iceland

The COVID-19 pandemic in Iceland was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.

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COVID-19 pandemic in Italy

The COVID-19 pandemic in Italy is part of the ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).

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COVID-19 pandemic in Norway

The COVID-19 pandemic in Norway has resulted in confirmed cases of COVID-19 and deaths.

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COVID-19 pandemic in Poland

The COVID-19 pandemic in Poland was a part of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 strain of coronavirus.

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COVID-19 pandemic in Spain

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COVID-19 pandemic in the Czech Republic

The COVID-19 pandemic in the Czech Republic was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.

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COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom

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COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey

The COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey is part of the ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.

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Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever

Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a viral disease.

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Cuban Missile Crisis

The Cuban Missile Crisis, also known as the October Crisis (Crisis de Octubre) in Cuba, or the Caribbean Crisis, was a 13-day confrontation between the governments of the United States and the Soviet Union, when American deployments of nuclear missiles in Italy and Turkey were matched by Soviet deployments of nuclear missiles in Cuba.

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Curfew

A curfew is an order that imposes certain regulations during specified hours.

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Customs

Customs is an authority or agency in a country responsible for collecting tariffs and for controlling the flow of goods, including animals, transports, personal effects, and hazardous items, into and out of a country.

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Dalmatia

Dalmatia (Dalmacija; Dalmazia; see names in other languages) is one of the four historical regions of Croatia, alongside Central Croatia, Slavonia, and Istria, located on the east shore of the Adriatic Sea in Croatia.

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Decontamination

Decontamination (sometimes abbreviated as decon, dcon, or decontam) is the process of removing contaminants on an object or area, including chemicals, micro-organisms or radioactive substances.

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Delaware County, Pennsylvania

Delaware County, colloquially referred to as Delco, is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

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Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment

The Australian Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (DAWE) was an Australian Government department which operated from 1 February 2020 until 30 June 2022.

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Dew

Dew is water in the form of droplets that appears on thin, exposed objects in the morning or evening due to condensation.

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Diphtheria

Diphtheria is an infection caused by the bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae.

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Disease

A disease is a particular abnormal condition that adversely affects the structure or function of all or part of an organism and is not immediately due to any external injury.

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Disease vector

In epidemiology, a disease vector is any living agent that carries and transmits an infectious pathogen such as a parasite or microbe, to another living organism.

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Division of Global Migration Health

The Division of Global Migration Health (DGMH), formerly the Division of Global Migration and Quarantine is the part of the U.S. government responsible for U.S. Quarantine Stations and issuing quarantine orders.

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Dubrovnik

Dubrovnik (Ragusa; see notes on naming) is a city in southern Dalmatia, Croatia, by the Adriatic Sea.

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Due process

Due process of law is application by the state of all legal rules and principles pertaining to a case so all legal rights that are owed to a person are respected.

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Ebola

Ebola, also known as Ebola virus disease (EVD) and Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF), is a viral hemorrhagic fever in humans and other primates, caused by ebolaviruses.

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Ebola virus cases in the United States

Four laboratory-confirmed cases of Ebola virus disease (commonly known as "Ebola") occurred in the United States in 2014.

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Edinburgh

Edinburgh (Dùn Èideann) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas.

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Egypt

Egypt (مصر), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and the Sinai Peninsula in the southwest corner of Asia.

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El Paso, Texas

El Paso is a city in and the county seat of El Paso County, Texas, United States.

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Ellis Island

Ellis Island is a federally owned island in New York Harbor, situated within the U.S. states of New Jersey and New York.

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Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital

The Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital (also known as USPHS Hospital No. 43) was a United States Public Health Service hospital on Ellis Island, in New York Harbor, that operated from 1902 to 1951.

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Enos T. Throop

Enos Thompson Throop (August 21, 1784 – November 1, 1874) was an American lawyer, politician, and diplomat who was the tenth governor of New York from 1829 to 1832.

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Essaouira

Essaouira (aṣ-Ṣawīra), known until the 1960s as Mogador (Mūghādūr, or label), is a port city in the western Moroccan region of Marrakesh-Safi, on the Atlantic coast.

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Evidence-based practice

Evidence-based practice is the idea that occupational practices ought to be based on scientific evidence.

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Executive order

In the United States, an executive order is a directive by the president of the United States that manages operations of the federal government.

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Eyam

Eyam is an English village and civil parish in the Derbyshire Dales that lies within the Peak District National Park.

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Federal government of the United States

The federal government of the United States (U.S. federal government or U.S. government) is the national government of the United States, a federal republic located primarily in North America, composed of 50 states, five major self-governing territories, several island possessions, and the federal district/national capital of Washington, D.C., where most of the federal government is based.

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Federal Service for the Oversight of Consumer Protection and Welfare

The Federal Service for the Oversight of Consumer Protection and Welfare (Федеральная служба по надзору в сфере защиты прав потребителей и благополучия человека; also Rospotrebnadzor; Роспотребнадзор) is the federal service responsible for the supervision of consumer rights protection and human wellbeing in Russia.

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Freedom of movement

Freedom of movement, mobility rights, or the right to travel is a human rights concept encompassing the right of individuals to travel from place to place within the territory of a country,Jérémiee Gilbert, Nomadic Peoples and Human Rights (2014), p. 73: "Freedom of movement within a country encompasses both the right to travel freely within the territory of the State and the right to relocate oneself and to choose one's place of residence".

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Frioul archipelago

The Frioul archipelago is a group of four islands located off the Mediterranean coast of France, approximately from Marseille.

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Genoa

Genoa (Genova,; Zêna) is a city in and the capital of the Italian region of Liguria, and the sixth-largest city in Italy.

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Government of Russia

The government of Russia (Pravitelstvo Rossiyskoy Federatsii) is the federal executive body of state power of the Russian Federation.

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Great Britain

Great Britain (commonly shortened to Britain) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-west coast of continental Europe, consisting of the countries England, Scotland and Wales.

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Gruinard Island

Gruinard Island (Eilean Ghruinneard) is a small, oval-shaped Scottish island approximately long by wide, located in Gruinard Bay, about halfway between Gairloch and Ullapool.

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Hadith

Hadith (translit) or Athar (أثر) is a form of Islamic oral tradition containing the purported words, actions, and the silent approvals of the prophet Muhammad.

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Hide (skin)

A hide or skin is an animal skin treated for human use.

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His Majesty's Coastguard

His Majesty's Coastguard (HMCG) is the section of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency responsible, through the Secretary of State for Transport to Parliament, for the initiation and co-ordination of all maritime search and rescue (SAR) within the UK Maritime Search and Rescue Region.

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HM Customs and Excise

HM Customs and Excise (properly known as Her Majesty's Customs and Excise at the time of its dissolution) was a department of the British Government formed in 1909 by the merger of HM Customs and HM Excise; its primary responsibility was the collection of customs duties, excise duties, and other indirect taxes.

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Hong Kong flu

The Hong Kong flu, also known as the 1968 flu pandemic, was a flu pandemic that occurred in 1968 and 1969 and which killed between one and four million people globally.

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Hubei

Hubei is an inland province of China, and is part of the Central China region.

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Hulk (ship type)

A hulk is a ship that is afloat, but incapable of going to sea.

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Incubation period

Incubation period (also known as the latent period or latency period) is the time elapsed between exposure to a pathogenic organism, a chemical, or radiation, and when symptoms and signs are first apparent.

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Indemnity

In contract law, an indemnity is a contractual obligation of one party (the indemnitor) to compensate the loss incurred by another party (the indemnitee) due to the relevant acts of the indemnitor or any other party.

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Independence Hall Association

The Independence Hall Association (IHA) is a Philadelphia--based historical organization.

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India

India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.

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Infection

An infection is the invasion of tissues by pathogens, their multiplication, and the reaction of host tissues to the infectious agent and the toxins they produce.

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Influenza

Influenza, commonly known as "the flu" or just "flu", is an infectious disease caused by influenza viruses.

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Informed consent is a principle in medical ethics, medical law and media studies, that a patient must have sufficient information and understanding before making decisions about their medical care.

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International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) is a multilateral treaty that commits nations to respect the civil and political rights of individuals, including the right to life, freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, electoral rights and rights to due process and a fair trial.

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International maritime signal flags

International maritime signal flags are various flags used to communicate with ships.

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Interplanetary contamination

Interplanetary contamination refers to biological contamination of a planetary body by a space probe or spacecraft, either deliberate or unintentional.

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Ireland

Ireland (Éire; Ulster-Scots: Airlann) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in north-western Europe.

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Isle of Man

The Isle of Man (Mannin, also Ellan Vannin) or Mann, is an island country and self-governing British Crown Dependency in the Irish Sea, between Great Britain and Ireland.

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Isolation (health care)

In health care facilities, isolation represents one of several measures that can be taken to implement in infection control: the prevention of communicable diseases from being transmitted from a patient to other patients, health care workers, and visitors, or from outsiders to a particular patient (reverse isolation). Quarantine and isolation (health care) are prevention.

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Isolation ward

In hospitals and other medical facilities, an isolation ward is a separate ward used to isolate patients with infectious diseases.

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Jeffrey Street

Jeffrey Street or Jeffreys Street is a street located in Kirribilli, famous for being one of the most popular vantage points for views of the city skyline of Sydney, the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Sydney Opera House.

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John F. Kennedy

John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), often referred to as JFK, was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 until his assassination in 1963.

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John Martin Poyer

John Martin Poyer (1861 – May 12, 1922) was the Naval Governor of American Samoa, from March 1, 1915, to June 10, 1919.

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Kirribilli, New South Wales

Kirribilli is a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur, officially the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur (Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur; 吉隆坡联邦直辖区; கோலாலம்பூர் கூட்டரசு பிரதேசம்) and colloquially referred to as KL, is a federal territory and the capital city of Malaysia.

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Lambeth

Lambeth is a district in South London, England, in the London Borough of Lambeth.

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Lashon hara

Lashon hara (or loshon horo, or loshon hora) (לשון הרע; "evil tongue") is the halakhic term for speech about a person or persons that is negative or harmful to them, even though it is true.

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Lassa fever

Lassa fever, also known as Lassa hemorrhagic fever, is a type of viral hemorrhagic fever caused by the Lassa virus.

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Law enforcement officer

A law enforcement officer (LEO),, or police officer or peace officer in North American English, is a public-sector or private-sector employee whose duties primarily involve the enforcement of laws, protecting life & property, keeping the peace, and other public safety related duties.

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Lazaretto

A lazaretto, sometimes lazaret or lazarette, is a quarantine station for maritime travelers. Quarantine and lazaretto are quarantine facilities.

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Lazzarettos of Dubrovnik

The Lazzarettos of Dubrovnik (Dubrovački lazareti) is a group of interconnected buildings located 300 meters away from the walls of Dubrovnik that were once used as a quarantine station for the Republic of Ragusa. Quarantine and Lazzarettos of Dubrovnik are quarantine facilities.

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League (unit)

A league is a unit of length.

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Leith

Leith (Lìte) is a port area in the north of Edinburgh, Scotland, founded at the mouth of the Water of Leith.

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Leper colony

A leper colony, also known by many other names, is an isolated community for the quarantining and treatment of lepers, people suffering from leprosy.

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Leprosy

Leprosy, also known as Hansen's disease (HD), is a long-term infection by the bacteria Mycobacterium leprae or Mycobacterium lepromatosis.

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Levant

The Levant is an approximate historical geographical term referring to a large area in the Eastern Mediterranean region of West Asia and core territory of the political term ''Middle East''.

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Liberty Island

Liberty Island is a federally owned island in Upper New York Bay in the United States.

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List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1710

This is a complete list of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain for the year 1710.

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List of governors of American Samoa

This is a list of governors, etc.

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Local Government Board

The Local Government Board (LGB) was a British Government supervisory body overseeing local administration in England and Wales from 1871 to 1919.

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Lunar Receiving Laboratory

The Lunar Receiving Laboratory (LRL) was a facility at NASA's Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center (Building 37) that was constructed to quarantine astronauts and material brought back from the Moon during the Apollo program to reduce the risk of back-contamination.

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Marburg virus

Marburg virus (MARV) is a hemorrhagic fever virus of the Filoviridae family of viruses and a member of the species Marburg marburgvirus, genus Marburgvirus.

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Marseille

Marseille or Marseilles (Marseille; Marselha; see below) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region.

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Martial law

Martial law is the replacement of civilian government by military rule and the suspension of civilian legal processes for military powers.

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Mary English (mycologist)

Mary Phyllis English (10 April 1919 – 11 October 2009) was a British mycologist and historian.

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Mary Mallon

Mary Mallon (September 23, 1869 – November 11, 1938), commonly known as Typhoid Mary, was an Irish-born American cook who is believed to have infected between 51 and 122 people with typhoid fever.

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Mau movement

The Mau was a non-violent movement for Samoan independence from colonial rule during the first half of the 20th century.

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Médecins Sans Frontières

italic (MSF; pronounced), also known as Doctors Without Borders, is a charity that provides humanitarian medical care. It is a non-governmental organisation (NGO) of French origin known for its projects in conflict zones and in countries affected by endemic diseases.

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Medical diagnosis

Medical diagnosis (abbreviated Dx, Dx, or Ds) is the process of determining which disease or condition explains a person's symptoms and signs.

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Medway

Medway is a local government district with borough status in the ceremonial county of Kent, South East England.

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Merriam-Webster

Merriam-Webster, Incorporated is an American company that publishes reference books and is mostly known for its dictionaries.

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Messina

Messina (Missina) is a harbour city and the capital of the Italian Metropolitan City of Messina.

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Military of the Ottoman Empire

The military of the Ottoman Empire (Osmanlı İmparatorluğu'nun silahlı kuvvetleri) was the armed forces of the Ottoman Empire.

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Modena

Modena (Mòdna; Mutna; Mutina) is a city and comune (municipality) on the south side of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena, in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy.

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Monitoring (medicine)

In medicine, monitoring is the observation of a disease, condition or one or several medical parameters over time.

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Moon

The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite.

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Murad II

Murad II (Murād-ı sānī, II.; 16 June 1404 – 3 February 1451) was twice the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1421 to 1444 and from 1446 to 1451.

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New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (also known as NYC Health) is the department of the government of New York City responsible for public health along with issuing birth certificates, dog licenses, and conducting restaurant inspection and enforcement.

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Nore

The Nore is a long bank of sand and silt running along the south-centre of the final narrowing of the Thames Estuary, England.

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Northern Italy

Northern Italy (Italia settentrionale, label, label) is a geographical and cultural region in the northern part of Italy.

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Occupation of German Samoa

The Occupation of Samoa was the takeover – and subsequent administration – of the Pacific colony of German Samoa by New Zealand during World War I. It started in late August 1914 with landings by the Samoa Expeditionary Force from New Zealand.

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Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire, historically and colloquially known as the Turkish Empire, was an imperial realm centered in Anatolia that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Central Europe, between the early 16th and early 18th centuries.

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Paul LePage

Paul Richard LePage (born October 9, 1948) is American businessman and politician who served as the 74th governor of Maine from 2011 to 2019.

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Pest (organism)

A pest is any organism harmful to humans or human concerns.

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Pest House (Concord, Massachusetts)

The Ephraim Potter House, a historic house and former pest house at 158 Fairhaven Road in Concord, Massachusetts, is also known as the Pest House, a name used in the 18th century to describe a building in which to quarantine those afflicted with communicable diseases such as tuberculosis, cholera, or smallpox.

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Philadelphia

Philadelphia, colloquially referred to as Philly, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the sixth-most populous city in the nation, with a population of 1,603,797 in the 2020 census.

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Philadelphia Lazaretto

The Philadelphia Lazaretto was the Second quarantine hospital in the United States, built in 1799, in Tinicum Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.

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Physical examination

In a physical examination, medical examination, clinical examination, or medical checkup, a medical practitioner examines a patient for any possible medical signs or symptoms of a medical condition. Quarantine and physical examination are prevention.

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Plague (disease)

Plague is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis.

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Port authority

In Canada, the United States and Spain, a port authority (less commonly a port district) is a governmental or quasi-governmental public authority for a special-purpose district usually formed by a legislative body (or bodies) to operate ports and other transportation infrastructure.

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Port of entry

In general, a port of entry (POE) is a place where one may lawfully enter a country.

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Post-traumatic stress disorder

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental and behavioral disorder that develops from experiencing a traumatic event, such as sexual assault, warfare, traffic collisions, child abuse, domestic violence, or other threats on a person's life or well-being.

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Postpartum confinement

Postpartum confinement is a traditional practice following childbirth.

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Poverty

Poverty is a state or condition in which an individual lacks the financial resources and essentials for a certain standard of living.

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Pratique

Pratique is the license given to a ship to enter a port, that indicates to local authorities (on assurance from the captain) that it is free from contagious disease.

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Privy council

A privy council is a body that advises the head of state of a state, typically, but not always, in the context of a monarchic government.

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Proportionality (law)

Proportionality is a general principle in law which covers several separate (although related) concepts.

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Protective sequestration

Protective sequestration, in public health, is social distancing measures taken to protect a small, defined, and still-healthy population from outsiders during an epidemic (or pandemic) before the infection reaches that population. Quarantine and Protective sequestration are prevention.

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Provence

Provence is a geographical region and historical province of southeastern France, which extends from the left bank of the lower Rhône to the west to the Italian border to the east; it is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the south.

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Public Health Act

Public Health Act is a stock short title used in the United Kingdom for legislation relating to public health.

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Public Health Act 1875

The Public Health Act 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 55) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, one of the Public Health Acts, and a significant step in the advancement of public health in England.

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Public Health Service Act

The Public Health Service Act is a United States federal law enacted in 1944.

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Rabies

Rabies is a viral disease that causes encephalitis in humans and other mammals.

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Red Sea

The Red Sea is a sea inlet of the Indian Ocean, lying between Africa and Asia.

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Reggio Emilia

Reggio nell'Emilia (Rèz; Regium Lepidi), usually referred to as Reggio Emilia, or simply Reggio by its inhabitants, and known until 1861 as Reggio di Lombardia, is a city in northern Italy, in the Emilia-Romagna region.

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Republic of Ragusa

The Republic of Ragusa (Republica de Ragusa; Respublica Ragusina; Repubblica di Ragusa; Dubrovačka Republika; Repùblega de Raguxa) was an aristocratic maritime republic centered on the city of Dubrovnik (Ragusa in Italian and Latin; Raguxa in Venetian) in South Dalmatia (today in southernmost Croatia) that carried that name from 1358 until 1808.

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Republic of Venice

The Republic of Venice, traditionally known as La Serenissima, was a sovereign state and maritime republic with its capital in Venice.

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Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica

Salmonella enterica subsp.

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Samoa

Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa and until 1997 known as Western Samoa, is a Polynesian island country consisting of two main islands (Savai'i and Upolu); two smaller, inhabited islands (Manono and Apolima); and several smaller, uninhabited islands, including the Aleipata Islands (Nu'utele, Nu'ulua, Fanuatapu and Namua).

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SARS

Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a viral respiratory disease of zoonotic origin caused by the virus SARS-CoV-1, the first identified strain of the SARS-related coronavirus.

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Scientific evidence

Scientific evidence is evidence that serves to either support or counter a scientific theory or hypothesis, although scientists also use evidence in other ways, such as when applying theories to practical problems.

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Ship ballast

Ballast is extra weight placed low in ships to lower their centre of gravity, which increases stability (more technically, to provide moment to resist the lateral forces on the hull).

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Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone, (also,; Salone) officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa.

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Siracusa International Institute for Criminal Justice and Human Rights

The Siracusa International Institute for Criminal Justice and Human Rights, until 2017 Istituto Superiore Internazionale di Scienze Criminali (ISISC) (in English, International Institute of Higher Studies in Criminal Sciences) is a not-for-profit organisation located in Syracuse, Italy, that was established in 1972.

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Slate (magazine)

Slate is an online magazine that covers current affairs, politics, and culture in the United States.

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Smallpox

Smallpox was an infectious disease caused by variola virus (often called smallpox virus), which belongs to the genus Orthopoxvirus.

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South Africa

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.

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Spanish flu

The 1918–1920 flu pandemic, also known as the Great Influenza epidemic or by the common misnomer Spanish flu, was an exceptionally deadly global influenza pandemic caused by the H1N1 subtype of the influenza A virus.

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Springer Publishing

Springer Publishing Company is an American publishing company of academic journals and books, focusing on the fields of nursing, gerontology, psychology, social work, counseling, public health, and rehabilitation (neuropsychology).

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Stay-at-home order

A stay-at-home order, safer-at-home order, movement control order – also referred to by loose use of the terms quarantine, isolation, or lockdown – is an order from a government authority that restricts movements of a population as a mass quarantine strategy for suppressing or mitigating an epidemic or pandemic by ordering residents to stay home except for essential tasks or for work in essential businesses.

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Strict scrutiny

In U.S. constitutional law, when a law infringes upon a fundamental constitutional right, the court may apply the strict scrutiny standard.

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Suez Canal

The Suez Canal (قَنَاةُ ٱلسُّوَيْسِ) is an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea through the Isthmus of Suez and dividing Africa and Asia (and by extension, the Sinai Peninsula from the rest of Egypt).

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Surry (1811 ship)

Surry, also known as Surrey, was a square-rigged transport ship, which had an especially long career transporting convicts to Australia.

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Swinburne Island

Swinburne Island is a artificial island in Lower New York Bay, east of Staten Island in New York City.

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Syphilis

Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum subspecies pallidum.

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Territory of Western Samoa

The Territory of Western Samoa was the civil administration of Western Samoa by New Zealand between 1920 and Samoan independence in 1962.

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The Lancet

The Lancet is a weekly peer-reviewed general medical journal and one of the oldest of its kind.

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The Standard-Times (New Bedford)

The Standard-Times (and Sunday Standard-Times), based in New Bedford, Massachusetts, is the largest of three daily newspapers covering the South Coast of Massachusetts, along with The Herald News of Fall River and Taunton Daily Gazette of Taunton, Massachusetts.

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Thessaly

Thessaly (translit; ancient Thessalian: Πετθαλία) is a traditional geographic and modern administrative region of Greece, comprising most of the ancient region of the same name.

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Third plague pandemic

The third plague pandemic was a major bubonic plague pandemic that began in Yunnan, China, in 1855.

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Tinicum Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania

Tinicum Township, also known as Tinicum Island or The Island, is a township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Torres Strait

The Torres Strait, also known as Zenadh Kes (ˈzen̪ad̪ kes), is a strait between Australia and the Melanesian island of New Guinea.

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Trachoma

Trachoma is an infectious disease caused by bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis.

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Transportation Research Board

The Transportation Research Board (TRB) is a division of the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

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Travel document

A travel document is an identity document issued by a government or international entity pursuant to international agreements to enable individuals to clear border control measures.

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Tribal sovereignty in the United States

Tribal sovereignty in the United States is the concept of the inherent authority of Indigenous tribes to govern themselves within the borders of the United States.

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Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis (TB), also known colloquially as the "white death", or historically as consumption, is an infectious disease usually caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) bacteria.

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Typhoid fever

Typhoid fever, also known simply as typhoid, is a disease caused by Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi bacteria, also called Salmonella typhi.

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Tzaraath

Tzaraath (Hebrew: ṣāraʿaṯ), variously transcribed into English and frequently translated as leprosy (though it is not Hansen's disease, the disease known as "leprosy" in modern times), is a term used in the Bible to describe various ritually impure disfigurative conditions of the human skin, clothing, and houses.

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Umayyad Caliphate

The Umayyad Caliphate or Umayyad Empire (al-Khilāfa al-Umawiyya) was the second caliphate established after the death of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and was ruled by the Umayyad dynasty.

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United Nations Economic and Social Council

The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations, responsible for coordinating the economic and social fields of the organization, specifically in regards to the fifteen specialized agencies, the eight functional commissions, and the five regional commissions under its jurisdiction.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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United States Department of Health and Human Services

The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is a cabinet-level executive branch department of the U.S. federal government created to protect the health of the U.S. people and providing essential human services.

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United States Public Health Service

The United States Public Health Service (USPHS or PHS) is a collection of agencies of the Department of Health and Human Services concerned with public health, containing nine out of the department's twelve operating divisions.

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United States Secretary of Health and Human Services

The United States secretary of health and human services is the head of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, and serves as the principal advisor to the president of the United States on all health matters.

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Vaccine

A vaccine is a biological preparation that provides active acquired immunity to a particular infectious or malignant disease.

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Venetian language

Venetian, wider Venetian or Venetan (łengua vèneta or vèneto) is a Romance language spoken natively in the northeast of Italy,Ethnologue mostly in Veneto, where most of the five million inhabitants can understand it.

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Venetian Senate

The Senate (Senato), formally the Consiglio dei Pregadi or Rogati (Consilium Rogatorum), was the main deliberative and legislative body of the Republic of Venice.

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Viral hemorrhagic fever

Viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHFs) are a diverse group of animal and human illnesses.

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Western African Ebola epidemic

The 2013–2016 epidemic of Ebola virus disease, centered in Western Africa, was the most widespread outbreak of the disease in history.

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World Health Organization

The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health.

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World population

In world demographics, the world population is the total number of humans currently living.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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Wuhan

Wuhan is the capital of Hubei Province of China.

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Yellow fever

Yellow fever is a viral disease of typically short duration.

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Yellow Jack (flag)

The Yellow Jack ("Quebec") signal flag, is a plain yellow banner that was historically used to signify a vessel was, or might be, harboring a dangerous disease and needed to be quarantined (the flag represents the letter “Q”). Quarantine and yellow Jack (flag) are quarantine facilities.

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1793 Philadelphia yellow fever epidemic

During the 1793 Yellow Fever epidemic in Philadelphia, 5,000 or more people were listed in the register of deaths between August 1 and November 9.

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1925 serum run to Nome

The 1925 serum run to Nome, also known as the Great Race of Mercy and The Serum Run, was a transport of diphtheria antitoxin by dog sled relay across the US territory of Alaska by 20 mushers and about 150 sled dogs across in days, saving the small town of Nome and the surrounding communities from a developing epidemic of diphtheria.

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1957–1958 influenza pandemic

The 1957–1958 Asian flu pandemic was a global pandemic of influenza A virus subtype H2N2 that originated in Guizhou in Southern China.

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1972 Yugoslav smallpox outbreak

The 1972 Yugoslav smallpox outbreak was the largest outbreak of smallpox in Europe after the Second World War.

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1994 plague in India

The 1994 plague in India was an outbreak of bubonic and pneumonic plague in south-central and western India from 26 August to 18 October 1994.

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2002–2004 SARS outbreak

The 2002–2004 outbreak of SARS, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV or SARS-CoV-1), infected over 8,000 people from 30 countries and territories, and resulted in at least 774 deaths worldwide.

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2007 tuberculosis scare

The 2007 tuberculosis scare occurred when a personal-injury lawyer from Atlanta, Andrew "Drew" Speaker, while infected with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), flew on several international flights bound for France, Greece, Italy, Czech Republic and Canada, before returning to the United States.

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See also

Quarantine facilities

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarantine

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