Deadly disease Timeline 1941

Deadly Disease Timeline 1941 - 1950

Year	disease (findings) / outbreaks	scientific reasearch/cure	Medicines
1941
1942
1943	The Americans acquired Sontochin when Tunis was liberated from the Germans. They changed its composition slightly and called it Chloroquine.
1944		Standard insulin syringe is developed, helping to make diabetes management more uniform.
1945	Large-scale spraying with DDT of breeding areas in the US but probably contributed little to the final disappearance of malaria because competent vectors still remain. There are still occasional outbreaks of malaria in the US, associated with infected people coming back from malaria areas.		First vaccine for influenza
1946
1947
1948		Eradication programme successful
1949		Dr. Best co-founds a diabetes association under the name Diabetic Association of Ontario. It later becomes known as the Canadian Diabetes Association.
1950
Year	disease (findings) / outbreaks	scientific reasearch/cure