1.   The same kind of growth marks the early stages of disease epidemics.

2.   There is also a growing consensus that rich countries have been stingy in the face of major disease epidemics.

3.   These animals are considered threatened in their California range because of human encroachment and a respiratory disease epidemic.

4.   When human populations were isolated centuries ago, disease epidemics would be localized.

5.   But like a disease epidemic or a fashion fad, said Fagan, gun violence can fade, become stigmatized and socially unacceptable.

6.   Local health officials have warned of disease epidemics and starvation if aid is not resumed quickly.

7.   She used data from the French Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries combined with data from the mad cow disease epidemic in Great Britain.

8.   The inquiry into the handling of the outbreak will look at how the authorities should react in the future to any major animal disease epidemic.

9.   The review of the handling of the outbreak will look at how the authorities should react in the future to any major animal disease epidemic.

10.   Aid workers said their immediate focus would be on caring for survivors, as a lack of sanitary facilities raised fears of a disease epidemic.