epidemic
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Meanwhile, telemarketing and spam phone calls have reached epidemic levels: Americans are bombarded with robocalls — roughly 4 billion to 5 billion every month — despite decades of regulation.
From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026
"We classify everybody on board as what we call a high-risk contact," WHO's epidemic and pandemic preparedness and prevention director Maria Van Kerkhove said Saturday.
From Barron's • May 10, 2026
The party has made tackling fly-tipping a key campaign issue ahead of local elections in England next month, arguing that tougher action is required to tackle an "epidemic" of illegal waste dumping across the country.
From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026
Surgeon General declared loneliness an epidemic in 2023, Stier’s group initiated an effort called Project Connection.
From Salon • Apr. 26, 2026
The myxo virus, native to a wild species of Brazilian rabbit, had been observed to cause a lethal epidemic in European domestic rabbits, which are a different species.
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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