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The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is a major international financing organization. It provides billions of dollars in funding to programs in low- and middle-income countries. By investing in health systems and community-led initiatives, it aims to end these three epidemics by 2...

It’s a Sin is a British drama chronicling the experiences of gay men in London from 1981 to 1991. The series portrays their lives amidst the unfolding HIV/AIDS crisis within the United Kingdom, featuring a core cast including Olly Alexander and Omari Douglas. It was produced by Red Production Compan...

Bo Burnham’s Inside is a critically acclaimed 2021 Netflix special presenting a unique comedic performance created during lockdown. Burnham documented his solitary writing and recording process over several months, resulting in a deeply personal musical stand-up routine. The show's notable aspect is...

Plague Inc. is a real-time strategy simulation released in 2012 by the independent studio Ndemic Creations. The player designs and evolves a pathogen, manages its transmission and symptoms, and attempts to spread it globally while governments and health systems respond. The game simplifies epidemiol...

Bo Burnham’s Inside (2021) is a Netflix television special presenting a deeply personal and innovative comedy performance. Filmed within a single room during lockdown, it showcases Burnham's remarkable musical talent and sharp observational humor reflecting on isolation, the internet, and contempora...

Set in Oran, Algeria during a devastating plague outbreak, Camuss *The Plague* explores themes of solidarity, responsibility, and the human response to suffering. The novel's characters grapple with questions of morality and purpose amidst chaos and death, mirroring existentialist concerns about con...

Contagion depicts a global pandemic caused by a highly contagious virus transmitted via respiratory droplets and fomites. Medical professionals race to identify and contain the disease while society descends into chaos due to the widespread illness. The film, inspired by real-world outbreaks like SA...

*Sea of Tranquility* is a 2022 science fiction novel by Emily St. John Mandel that explores themes of time travel, simulation theory, and the nature of reality. The narrative weaves together multiple timelines spanning several centuries, from a 1912 Canadian forest to a 23rd-century moon colony. Cha...

Help is a Channel 4 miniseries exploring the realities of healthcare during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. The drama focuses on the experiences of medical professionals and residents in a care home, highlighting critical decisions made under immense pressure. Jodie Comer and Stephen Graham star in this...

The COVID-19 lab leak theory proposes that the virus’s emergence stemmed from research activities at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. This hypothesis remains a subject of intense debate among scientists, epidemiologists, and governments. It is notable for its potential impact on understanding pandem...

Plague Inc. is a real-time strategy simulation where players develop and manage a pathogen to cause global pandemic devastation. Utilizing an epidemic model with complex variables, the game simulates disease spread based on factors inspired by titles like Pandemic 2. It was initially released in 201...

Plague Inc: Evolved is a real-time strategy simulation where players develop and evolve a pathogen to globally infect and eliminate humanity. Utilizing an epidemic model with complex variables, it simulates disease spread realistically. The game was developed by Ndemic Creations and has garnered int...

The Last Ship is a television drama centering on Rear Admiral Tom Chandler and the U.S. Navy’s attempts to respond to a devastating global pandemic. The series explores the challenges of containing a mutated virus that decimates marine life and human populations. It's notable for its depiction of mi...

*Sweet Tooth: The Return* is a six-issue comic book miniseries published in 2020 under DC's Black Label imprint. Written and drawn by Jeff Lemire, it serves as a sequel to his original post-apocalyptic series, *Sweet Tooth*. Set years after the original story, the narrative follows a new boy resembl...

The Andromeda Strain depicts a group of scientists responding to the discovery of an extraterrestrial microorganism following a satellite crash in Piedmont, New Mexico. The organism caused widespread death among the town’s residents and prompted a focused investigation by the research team. The film...

Published in 2014, "The Book of the Unnamed Midwife" is a post-apocalyptic science fiction novel by American author Meg Elison. The narrative follows a survivor who disguises herself as a man to navigate a devastating pandemic that has disproportionately killed women and children. The protagonist do...

Containment is an American drama limited series adapted from the Belgian “Cordon.” It depicts an outbreak in Atlanta resulting in a quarantined zone where residents confront a deadly epidemic. The series aired between April 2016 and July 2016, with Julie Plec and David Nutter as executive producers.

BattleZone II: Combat Commander is a hybrid video game developed by Pandemic Studios and published by Activision in 1999. It combines vehicular first-person shooter mechanics with real-time strategy elements, requiring players to manage resources, construct bases, and direct units while engaging in...

*Bad Axe* is a 2022 American documentary film directed by David Siev. The film serves as an intimate portrait of Siev's family as they struggle to keep their restaurant open in rural Bad Axe, Michigan, during the COVID-19 pandemic. It specifically highlights the experiences of his Cambodian-Mexican...

The Last Man is an 1826 novel by Mary Shelley that depicts a future world progressively devastated by a global plague. Its narrator, Lionel Verney, recounts political upheaval, personal loss, and the collapse of organized society as humanity approaches extinction in the late 21st century. Combining...

Earth Abides is a post-apocalyptic science fiction novel written by George R. Stewart and published in 1949. The story centers on a graduate student who returns from isolation to find that a highly lethal pandemic has wiped out most of human civilization. The novel is distinguished by its ecological...

Outbreak is a 1995 thriller centered around a deadly virus that emerges in rural Liberia and quickly spreads across the United States. The film explores the race against time as scientists and government officials struggle to contain the outbreak and develop a cure. It’s notable for its suspenseful...

Jeremiah is a Belgian post-apocalyptic comic series created by the artist Hermann Huppen in 1979. The narrative follows two drifters, the cynical Jeremiah and his rugged companion Kurdy Malloy, as they navigate a fragmented United States devastated by a prior pandemic and racial conflicts. The serie...

The Dog Stars is a 2012 post-apocalyptic novel by American author Peter Heller. The story is set nine years after a highly lethal flu pandemic wiped out most of the global population. It follows a pilot named Hig, who lives in an abandoned airplane hangar in Colorado with his dog Jasper and an armed...

While often read as a novel, *The Plague* functions as a profound allegory for confronting existential crisesbe they disease, political upheaval, or moral decay. The quarantine forces characters to confront the absurd reality of suffering and the necessity of human solidarity and ethical resistance...

Totally Under Control is a 2020 documentary film directed by Alex Gibney, Ophelia Harutyunyan, and Suzanne Hillinger examining the United States federal government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic during 2020. The film details failures in testing infrastructure, breakdowns in the supply of person...

Dark Reign 2 is a real-time strategy game developed by Pandemic Studios and published by Activision in 2000. It is a prequel to the 1997 game Dark Reign and was built on a full 3D engine, departing from the isometric 2D perspective of its predecessor. The game features two factions—the Jovian Detent...

Light of My Life is a 2019 American post-apocalyptic drama written and directed by Casey Affleck, who also stars alongside Anna Pniowsky. It follows a father attempting to protect his daughter after a pandemic has killed most of the world's female population. The film concentrates on their concealed...

Tooth and Nail is a 2007 post apocalyptic horror film directed by Mark Young. Its story follows survivors living in an abandoned hospital after the exhaustion of fuel contributes to the collapse of industrial society. Their refuge is threatened by a violent cannibalistic group, shifting the film fro...