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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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In a throw-back to the Covid era, the outbreak has put infectious disease specialists, virologists and epidemiologists back into the news.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

“It has been agreed that a team of epidemiologists will conduct an inspection of the vessel this afternoon,” a spokesperson for Spain’s Ministry of Health said in a translated statement.

From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026

To address this gap, she assembled a multidisciplinary research team that included physicians, epidemiologists, and basic scientists.

From Science Daily • Dec. 30, 2025

The state did not provide money, but it asked the CDC to send epidemiologists.

From Salon • Aug. 26, 2025

There is a third theory, which belongs to John Potterat, one of the country’s leading epidemiologists.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell




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