There was an epidemic of hoof and mouth disease among farm animals in the U.K. in 2001.
The spread of AIDS has reached epidemic proportions in certain parts of Africa.
A flu epidemic has caused at least 3 deaths in the city.
The crack epidemic has claimed hundreds of
lives in America's inner cities.
There seems to be an epidemic of violence in the high schools of the United States these days.
An epidemic of smallpox resulted in the death of a substantial portion of the native population of this country.
In past centuries, mortality was high for
three main reasons: acute and chronic food shortage; epidemic disease; and poor public-health standards.
Doctors say an unknown epidemic is responsible for over 50 deaths in the area.
Experts warn that an epidemic explosion of debt could be the result of these
policies.
Immediate action is required to keep the epidemic from spreading.
A five-year-old girl is the latest victim of the cholera epidemic in this small village.
Susan Thurman once said that because laughter is contagious, the best thing to do is to start an epidemic.
In 1918 and 1919, a world epidemic of simple influenza killed 20 million people in the United States and Europe.
The U.S. government fears an epidemic of anthrax as a result of the terrorist campaign which began on September 11th, 2001.
A measles epidemic introduced to Fiji by their chiefs upon return from an official trip to Australia reduced the Fijian population by 50% in one century.
In 1872, one quarter of the horses in the United States died of a widespread virus epidemic.
Some doctors are now suggesting that there is an obesity epidemic in the U.S.