Sentence examples for terrible epidemics from inspiring English sources

"We talk about AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria and how detrimental they are, these terrible epidemics, but then I realized that malnutrition was killing more than all of them combined," Salem said.

"There wasn't a terrible epidemic of people getting prosecuted or harassed".

This partnership also shows that such critical work is possible in the midst of a terrible epidemic.

A decade after Akhenaten and Nefertiti had launched their religious revolution, some evidence suggests that Egypt may have been hit by a terrible epidemic.

One shows a cholera outbreak in Somalia, where I worked for three years trying to curb this terrible epidemic as it devastated refugee camps.

How does his account effectively reveal what life during this time period was like in the shadow of this terrible epidemic?

"But, almost inevitably, there was soon a terrible epidemic — measles, influenza or tuberculosis — for which there was no remedy or for which inadequate medical provision had been made.

Expressing his "deep sorrow and solidarity with the many Haitian families who lost loved ones in this terrible epidemic," Nigel Fisher, the new head of the peacekeeping mission, nonetheless said that the United Nations had "mobilized resolutely to combat the disease".

We're facing a terrible epidemic, and all they could find is you?

I look forward to continuing to work with Secretary Burwell in efforts to address this terrible epidemic of prescription drug and heroin addiction".

In the Field Reports, the banality of real life: a tree, a building adds a human quality to the retelling of a terrible epidemic.