epidemic

The outbreak was already the fastest growing on record, UN humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher said last week, warning that "the epidemic is killing someone every 30 minutes".

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

California’s most severe measles epidemic in recent memory occurred between 1988 and 1990 — an era before health officials recommended children receive a second dose of the measles vaccine.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026

If successful, the strategy could eventually offer a new way to combat an HIV epidemic that still kills about 600,000 people worldwide every year.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026

Lillie’s claims show the stakes for banks in the epidemic of scams.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

“Terrible malaria epidemic in Havana. These poor fishermen got caught up in it, I’m afraid,” he said.

From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm

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

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

The TPS program gives provisional work authorization and protections from deportation to hundreds of thousands of immigrants from countries experiencing armed conflicts, natural disasters or epidemics.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 16, 2026

He said Yemenis would be "very vulnerable to epidemics" this year, warning: "A humanitarian crisis in Yemen is a risk to the Arabian Peninsula. Cholera, measles and polio cross borders."

From Barron's ● Jan. 19, 2026

To appreciate the power of epidemics, we have to abandon this expectation about proportionality.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell