epidemic

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At the same time, chronic pain remains a widespread and costly condition, often described as a 'silent epidemic.'

From Science Daily • Mar. 28, 2026

The outcome of the trial is expected to establish a precedent for resolving other lawsuits that blame social media for fueling an epidemic of mental and emotional trauma.

From Barron's • Mar. 21, 2026

The findings signal “we have this epidemic of cardiovascular risk,” said Dr. Karen Joynt Maddox, a cardiologist, professor and health-policy researcher at Washington University in St. Louis.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

There is an "epidemic of everyday crime", the home secretary says, such as shoplifting and phone theft.

From BBC • Jan. 24, 2026

Before the yellow fever epidemic, even the doctors who disagreed with Rush on medical matters would have defended him against Cobbett’s irrational assaults.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy