epidemic

Last year’s tally was the highest in a single year since the devastating 1989-91 measles epidemic, which resulted in more than 55,000 cases and 166 suspected deaths.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

Complicating the response effort, health workers at the epicentre of the epidemic told AFP they had not been paid since the virus was detected.

From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026

"We're seeing a worldwide epidemic, a decrease in fertility across the board," he tells the BBC.

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026

Service structures that bring people together, that address real social deficits: the loneliness epidemic, the collapse of local institutions, the teacher shortage, an aging nation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

So life went on in Philadelphia, in many ways changed forever, in many ways sadly the same as before the yellow fever epidemic began.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy

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

At first glance, Villarreal may seem like a small fish, her case representing a tiny story in the larger picture of journalists all over the country covering wars, epidemics, and global economic policy.

From Slate ● Mar. 26, 2026

She covered the beverage industry, then SARS, flu, Ebola and other epidemics and chronic diseases as a public health reporter in the Atlanta bureau.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026

Similar epidemics marked the histories of Tonga, Hawaii, and other Pacific islands.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond