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Age-adjusted mortality rates have fallen by 17% since 2000 and 30% since 1980, notwithstanding the opioid epidemic and increases in chronic diseases like diabetes and obesity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

"Every personnel injured and every ambulance, vehicle, or piece of equipment damaged reduces the capacity to provide emergency health and humanitarian services, putting more lives at risk and making the epidemic harder to contain."

From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026

There is currently no approved vaccine available for the Bundibugyo species that has caused the current epidemic but several are in development, including one based on technology used to develop the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

That epidemic led to 75 deaths in California and more than 3,000 hospital admissions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026

The term hate crime was coined in response to what was described at the time as an “epidemic” of neo-Nazi and skinhead violence, although in retrospect it’s unclear whether any such epidemic existed.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater

"Respect for humanitarian personnel and humanitarian activities is essential to ensuring that communities affected by epidemics and other crises continue to receive the assistance and services they urgently need," it said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026

According to Barnes, this is actually quite typical, historically: “Societies forget epidemics quickly,” he said.

From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2026

Before the development of preventive vaccines, polio epidemics left many young patients unable to walk.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026

For many people, plague brings to mind rats, crowded medieval towns, and the devastating epidemics that spread across Europe during and after the Middle Ages.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 18, 2026

Did that mean the epidemics were inevitable and there was nothing to be done?

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann