Disease
Disease is a natural hazard that can be enhanced by human factors such as urbanization or poor sanitation. Disease affecting multiple people can be termed an outbreak or epidemic.
In some cases, a hazard exists in that a human-made defense against disease could fail, for example through antibiotic resistance.
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