epidemic

The surgeon general declared a loneliness epidemic in 2023, but it was already happening.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

The Russian health agency meanwhile said Wednesday that it had determined "there are no epidemic risks for the population".

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

The death added a risky new twist to the epidemic, which has been advancing faster than any other Ebola outbreak on record.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

That gives the disease a high potential for an epidemic spread or even a global pandemic, but health officials have cautioned we have a long way to go to get to that point.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026

Seven years older than Paul Jennings, Todd Payne was two when his father and brother died in a yellow fever epidemic.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

More than half of the deaths were due to the collapse of the health system, along with epidemics and famine.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

If so, plague was already capable of causing deadly outbreaks in small human communities thousands of years before the rise of cities, crowded settlements, and the flea-driven epidemics that would later make the disease infamous.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026

Tung's rocky tenure was marked by the Asian Financial Crisis, two major epidemics, and historic protests which attracted criticism of his administration.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

The statement said the attacks were an alarming reminder of the risks faced by humanitarians when tackling epidemics and emergencies.

From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026

When such partly immune people came into contact with others who had had no previous exposure to the germs, epidemics resulted in which up to 99 percent of the previously unexposed population was killed.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond