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epidemiology

[ep-i-dee-mee-ol-uh-jee, -dem-ee-] / ˌɛp ɪˌdi miˈɒl ə dʒi, -ˌdɛm i- /
NOUN
public health
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“We know enough that people should be taking actions to reduce their exposures” to plastic, said Tracey Woodruff, a Stanford professor of epidemiology and population health.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

Prof Esther van Sluijs, professor of behavioural epidemiology from Loughborough University, says community exercise offers social connection.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

"I definitely believe that there is underdiagnosis," said Melissa Nolan, a professor of epidemiology at the University of South Carolina -- the state that has recorded the highest number of infections this year.

From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026

“We’re seeing nationally less trust for vaccines than we did in the past, and that’s what most of us in epidemiology and public health think is the predominant reason for lack of vaccination,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

Even Adah, who’s becoming an expert in tropical epidemiology and strange new viruses.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver


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