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History has also taught us that the gods like to dish out nasty surprises every few years: dot-com bubbles, subprime mortgage crises, pandemics, etc.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 16, 2026

Artificial intelligence has been used to develop a "fundamentally new" type of vaccine that could protect against large swathes of viruses and prevent pandemics, say researchers.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

The accord aims to prevent future pandemics from the disjointed responses and international disarray that surrounded the coronavirus crisis, by improving global coordination, surveillance and access to vaccines.

From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026

Yet Americans seem to have gotten less worried about nuclear weapons since the Cold War: A Pew poll last year found a public preoccupied by terrorism, climate change, pandemics, and other issues.

From Slate • Mar. 13, 2026

Nobody knows how many died during the pandemics of the 1770s and 1780s, but even if one had a number it wouldn't begin to tally the impact.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann