epidemic
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“I saw what happened these last four years,” Martinez said, citing the continuing homelessness epidemic and the broken-down condition of the city, “and I’m hoping something different goes on this time.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
In this episode, Willa investigates why stores lock everything up now—and whether there’s really a shoplifting epidemic.
From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2026
Speaking at the NEXTPreidict summit in New York, Mackenzie uses the example of airline stocks during the Covid-19 epidemic as retail investors flexing their control.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
They distinguished themselves by bringing a cholera epidemic in a temporary prison at the paediatric hospital under control and were subsequently taken to Saudi Hospital.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
Mel’s mother died in an epidemic of what we think was pneumonia, and Spindle’s old mother died then, too.
From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall
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More than half of the deaths were due to the collapse of the health system, along with epidemics and famine.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
Tung's rocky tenure was marked by the Asian Financial Crisis, two major epidemics, and historic protests which attracted criticism of his administration.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
But it remains highly controversial, not least because Kenya must hand over personal health data of its citizens, which could be used by US pharmaceutical labs to prepare for future epidemics.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 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
But there is a third, less obvious, factor here, which has to do with the last of the principles of epidemics.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
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