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

Ferrer compared the current state of public understanding to the early days of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 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

So life went on in Philadelphia, in many ways changed forever, in many ways sadly the same as before the yellow fever epidemic began.

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