epidemic

The surgeon general declared a loneliness epidemic in 2023, but it was already happening.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Russia's public health agency, Rospotrebnadzor, said Wednesday that there was no risk of an epidemic among the wider public.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

Health officials in Uganda, which had 20 cases earlier in the epidemic, didn’t respond to a request for comment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Experts say the data reflects the impact of the "global obesity epidemic, poor diets and insufficient exercise"

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

A well-documented example from Pacific islands is the epidemic that swept over Fiji in 1806, brought by a few European sailors who struggled ashore from the wreck of the ship Argo.

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

Taken together, the evidence suggests that some of the earliest known plague outbreaks may already have been as deadly as later historical epidemics, particularly for children.

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

Under that 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 ● Jun. 25, 2026

When it comes to epidemics, though, this disproportionality becomes even more extreme: a tiny percentage of people do the majority of the work.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell