1. This is an important first step toward ending the global epidemic of smartphone theft.

2. Some scientists predict the epidemic will last only a few years.

3. Doctors make the point over and over that any epidemic of any disease is just a flight away.

4. On Monday the UN said that the struggle to contain the epidemic was reaching a second phase.

5. Officials consider the problem an epidemic in all but name.

6. It just seems like this is epidemic, she said.

7. Bill Gates says he fears there may be a major flu epidemic in the next decade.

8. Mr Ban urged people to follow strict health regulations until the epidemic was over.

9. Our terrible drug epidemic will slow down and ultimately stop.

10. American officials say hacking attacks originating from China are approaching epidemic levels.

11. There seems to be an epidemic of irresponsible bus drivers texting and crashing.

12. Our terrible drug epidemic will slow down and ultimately, stop.

13. They did and the epidemic subsided.

14. It's a reality of the epidemic that we face, he said.