epidemic

"Every death like that points to a chain of transmission we have not yet found," he said, warning that "until every chain is found and broken, the epidemic will continue".

From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026

Meta now faces thousands of lawsuits in state and federal courts alleging that it fueled an epidemic of youth mental illness.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

The most recent case count is also higher than any calendar year since 1991 — the final year of the nation’s last measles epidemic.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026

The epidemic was only officially declared in May, but it is believed the outbreak began at least three months before then, health officials said this week.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

It centered on one goal—ending the childhood obesity epidemic within a generation.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

"Respect for humanitarian personnel and humanitarian activities is essential to ensuring that communities affected by epidemics and other crises continue to receive the assistance and services they urgently need," it said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026

He advised each of the last seven U.S. presidents on new viral epidemics faced by the world, including multiple recurrences of Ebola, HIV/AIDS, Sars-CoV-1, H1N1 Influenza, Zika and then Sars-CoV-2, which causes Covid-19.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 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

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

In chapter 2, when I was discussing what made someone like Mark Alpert so important in word-of-mouth epidemics, I talked about two seemingly counterintuitive aspects of persuasion.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell