09 Terrifying Diseases That Could Kill You… Right Now Yikes!Flesh-eating bacteria? Cholera? The bubonic plague?! A look at the world’s scariest new outbreaks.Kevin FallonSenior Editor, ObsessedUpdated Jul. 13, 2017 11:58PM EDT / Published Sep. 07, 2012 4:45AM EDT AP Photo AP Photo Hanta VirusDNC Parks and Resorts at Yosemite / AP Photo West NileJustin Sullivan / Getty Images Bubonic PlagueJack Dempsey / AP Photo Whooping CoughRich Pedroncelli / AP Photo Ebola Hemorrhagic FeverIsaac Kasamani / AFP / Getty Images New Autoimmune DiseasePablo Martinez Monsivais / AP Photo Flesh-Eating BacteriaJohn Raoux / AP Photo CholeraCaroline Thomas / AFP / Getty Images Legionnaires’ DiseaseVincent Yu / AP Photo Kevin FallonSenior Editor, Obsessed@kpfallonkevin.fallon@thedailybeast.comGot a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast here.
AP Photo Hanta VirusDNC Parks and Resorts at Yosemite / AP Photo West NileJustin Sullivan / Getty Images Bubonic PlagueJack Dempsey / AP Photo Whooping CoughRich Pedroncelli / AP Photo Ebola Hemorrhagic FeverIsaac Kasamani / AFP / Getty Images New Autoimmune DiseasePablo Martinez Monsivais / AP Photo Flesh-Eating BacteriaJohn Raoux / AP Photo CholeraCaroline Thomas / AFP / Getty Images Legionnaires’ DiseaseVincent Yu / AP Photo