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Epidemics of Oropouche fever have occurred multiple times in the past, with approximately 380,000 infections between 1961 and 2007.

From Salon • Mar. 20, 2025

Epidemics are managed by public health agencies, but it is clinicians — doctors, nurses and others — who diagnose and care for patients.

From New York Times • Sep. 29, 2022

John Fabian Witt teaches law and history at Yale and is the author, most recently, of “American Contagions: Epidemics and the Law From Smallpox to Covid-19.”

From Washington Post • Apr. 1, 2022

Epidemics like the coronavirus, recently evolved or new to an area, are not unusual in world history, or the history of the Pacific Northwest.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 10, 2021

Epidemics tip because of the extraordinary efforts of a few select carriers.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell