epidemic

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

The federal case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

Having killed most of the tribelet, the epidemic then disappears.

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

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

If so, plague was already capable of causing deadly outbreaks in small human communities thousands of years before the rise of cities, crowded settlements, and the flea-driven epidemics that would later make the disease infamous.

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

The statement said the attacks were an alarming reminder of the risks faced by humanitarians when tackling epidemics and emergencies.

From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026

It takes only two or three bad epidemics of disease to strike, and suddenly the group is gone.

From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall