epidemic
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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
"We're seeing a worldwide epidemic, a decrease in fertility across the board," he tells the BBC.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 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
“That’s why they put the sign up. Herbalist is afraid it may be contagious. That an epidemic could come.”
From "Messenger" by Lois Lowry
For many people, plague brings to mind rats, crowded medieval towns, and the devastating epidemics that spread across Europe during and after the Middle Ages.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 18, 2026
Under the program, which Congress created in 1990, qualifying immigrants are permitted to temporarily remain in the U.S. and work legally if their home countries are experiencing armed conflicts, natural disasters or epidemics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 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
It estimates that some 240 million people -- in conflict zones, suffering from epidemics, or victims of natural disasters and climate change -- are in need of emergency aid.
From Barron's ● Dec. 29, 2025
Although today’s influenza and cholera epidemics make front-page stories, epidemics used to be far more terrifying before the rise of modern medicine.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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Human Geography - Middle School
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