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pandemic

[pan-dem-ik] / pænˈdɛm ɪk /


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New Zealand's former prime minister Helen Clark, co-chair of The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response, said the failure to reach agreement this week was "deeply regrettable".

From Barron's • May 1, 2026

This discovery reshapes understanding of the First Pandemic by providing clear evidence of large-scale mortality and offering insight into how people lived, moved and became vulnerable within ancient urban environments.

From Science Daily • Apr. 23, 2026

“This is absolutely outrageous,” said Jennifer Nuzzo, director of the Pandemic Center at Brown University.

From Salon • Aug. 26, 2025

“More cases of H5N1 are occurring in the United States than in any other country,” said Jennifer Nuzzo, director of the Pandemic Center at Brown University in Providence, R.I.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2025

Pandemic, pan-dem′ik, adj. incident to a whole people, epidemic.—n. a pandemic disease.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various




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