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epidemic

[ep-i-dem-ik] / ˌɛp ɪˈdɛm ɪk /




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The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, which is providing funding to each group, said "every day counts".

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations has pledged up to $54.3 million for the vaccine’s development.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Psychologist Jonathan Haidt’s “The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness” has become a handbook for the phones-free schools movement.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2024

“State and local public health departments are decimated resource-wise,” said Lurie, who is now an executive director at an international organization, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations.

From Salon • Oct. 26, 2024

Epidemic diseases, I believed, were often heralded by a gasping, sobbing, tormented, long-lamenting east wind.

From Villette by Brontë, Charlotte




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