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Paul Keane, general manager of watersports charity Brentford Community Boathouse, told the Brentford and Syon Area Forum that the problem had been worsened by the "epidemic of heat" this summer.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

In the past, courts have supplied this important backstop in other widespread policy challenges, such as the public health threats of tobacco use and the opioid epidemic, that lacked adequate legislative or regulatory responses.

From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2026

That’s higher than in any year since a significant nationwide measles epidemic from 1989 to 1991.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

"Post-pandemic, we have seen what's been described as a shoplifting epidemic on the streets of the UK," she said.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

Mel’s mother died in an epidemic of what we think was pneumonia, and Spindle’s old mother died then, too.

From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall

If so, plague was already capable of causing deadly outbreaks in small human communities thousands of years before the rise of cities, crowded settlements, and the flea-driven epidemics that would later make the disease infamous.

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

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

According to Barnes, this is actually quite typical, historically: “Societies forget epidemics quickly,” he said.

From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2026

Mavens have the knowledge and the social skills to start word-of- mouth epidemics.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell