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Epidemics of Oropouche fever have occurred multiple times in the past, with approximately 380,000 infections between 1961 and 2007.

From Salon • Mar. 20, 2025

Epidemics can travel across oceans and borders faster than ever, and species already diminished by habitat loss and other threats are more at risk of being wiped out by outbreaks.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 1, 2023

Epidemics are managed by public health agencies, but it is clinicians — doctors, nurses and others — who diagnose and care for patients.

From New York Times • Sep. 29, 2022

Epidemics, as Americans have learned from the coronavirus pandemic, change everything.

From Washington Post • Nov. 12, 2020

Epidemics tip because of the extraordinary efforts of a few select carriers.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell