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Complicating the response effort, health workers at the epicentre of the epidemic told AFP they had not been paid since the virus was detected.

From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026

Inside the secretive lab shaping America’s retail landscape: At a Florida lab few have ever seen, a team of researchers is trying to stave off a purported epidemic of shoplifting.

From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026

The Ebola epidemic, centred on the Democratic Republic of the Congo has killed 625 people with 1,792 laboratory confirmed cases.

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

Can we prove that the pursuit of frictionless living has contributed to an unintended loneliness epidemic?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

For example, a smallpox epidemic devastated the Aztecs after the failure of the first Spanish attack in 1520 and killed Cuitlahuac, the Aztec emperor who briefly succeeded Montezuma.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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

At first glance, Villarreal may seem like a small fish, her case representing a tiny story in the larger picture of journalists all over the country covering wars, epidemics, and global economic policy.

From Slate ● Mar. 26, 2026

Authorities have officially classified AI as a major potential threat, adding it alongside earthquakes and epidemics to its National Emergency Response Plan.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 24, 2025

Such mixing could reshape seasonal influenza, triggering "chaotic and unpredictable seasonal epidemics".

From BBC ● Dec. 17, 2025

All these numbers are at best rough approximations, but their implications are clear: the epidemics killed about one out of every five people on earth.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann