epidemic
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That trip was orchestrated by Kerry Morrison, founder of Hollywood 4wrd, who was looking for answers to the epidemic of severe mental illness and homelessness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
“Loneliness is an epidemic among both young people and older people. Living together helps bring different energy, skills and opportunities into the space that we wouldn’t normally have. It helps counter stereotypes.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
It is not the first time Sri Lanka has experienced a dengue epidemic.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
In the 2018-20 epidemic, the second deadliest on record, it took 10 months for Ebola cases to reach that mark.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
Cholera epidemics come at longer intervals, the 1991 Peruvian epidemic being the first one to reach the New World during the 20th century.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
According to Barnes, this is actually quite typical, historically: “Societies forget epidemics quickly,” he said.
From Slate ● Aug. 3, 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
Under the 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 ● Apr. 29, 2026
But in 2016 several Balkan nations curtailed major epidemics of the same disease through swift action, mass vaccination and culls in about three months.
From Barron's ● Dec. 17, 2025
Major yellow fever epidemics had struck Manhattan and the surrounding towns in 1702, 1731, 1742, and 1743, and then every year from 1791 through 1821.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
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Human Geography - Middle School
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