epidemic
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The Aids epidemic of the 1980s robbed Hockney of many friends.
From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026
A strong, united front could have made this epidemic a manageable outbreak.
From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026
The EU said it had flown in 100 tonnes of humanitarian aid Sunday -- including medicine, tents and protective gear to fight the haemorrhagic fever -- to hard-to-reach Ituri province, the epicentre of the epidemic.
From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026
In response to the 2014 epidemic, the U.S. led a historic international public-health mobilization.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
Nine thousand died in New Orleans in 1853, while Memphis saw 2,000 buried in its 1873 epidemic and another 5,000 in 1878.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
Vocabulary lists containing epidemic
Human Geography - Middle School
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Human Geography - High School
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