epidemic

That’s higher than in any year since a significant nationwide measles epidemic from 1989 to 1991.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

"Post-pandemic, we have seen what's been described as a shoplifting epidemic on the streets of the UK," she said.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

The causes of the epidemic were debated at the time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

"Mixing pills sends 1,000 elderly people a day to A&E" says the Times, leading on its own investigation into what it says is an "overprescribing epidemic".

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

A TB epidemic, laced with MDR, had occurred in New York City in the late 1980s, largely targeting prisons, homeless shelters, and public hospitals.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

Taken together, the evidence suggests that some of the earliest known plague outbreaks may already have been as deadly as later historical epidemics, particularly for children.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 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

In fact, in a crowded field of more than 3,500 mosquito species, Aedes aegypti has been the vector for almost all major epidemics of some of the world’s worst mosquito-borne diseases.

From Slate ● Aug. 4, 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

The annals of medicine are full of accounts of diseases that sound like no disease known today, but that once caused terrifying epidemics and then disappeared as mysteriously as they had come.

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