epidemic
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Meanwhile, telemarketing and spam phone calls have reached epidemic levels: Americans are bombarded with robocalls — roughly 4 billion to 5 billion every month — despite decades of regulation.
From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026
"We classify everybody on board as what we call a high-risk contact," WHO's epidemic and pandemic preparedness and prevention director Maria Van Kerkhove said Saturday.
From Barron's • May 10, 2026
“We do believe that there may be some human-to-human transmission that’s happening among the really close contacts,” Maria Van Kerkhove, the WHO’s director for epidemic and pandemic preparedness and prevention, said Tuesday morning.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
Surgeon General declared loneliness an epidemic in 2023, Stier’s group initiated an effort called Project Connection.
From Salon • Apr. 26, 2026
A TB epidemic, laced with MDR, had occurred in New York City in the late 1980s, largely targeting prisons, homeless shelters, and public hospitals.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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Human Geography - Middle School
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