The phrase "modern epidemic" refers to a widespread problem or illness that is affecting a large number of people in today's current time period. Full definition
We like to believe we are part of a renaissance of classical education, and that classical education provides an antidote to such modern epidemics as relativism, modernism, and materialism. (firstthings.com)
Both my grandparents lived into their eighties on this diet with no diabetes, heart problems, skin problems or any other such modern epidemics as we have now. (greensmoothiegirl.com)
And what impact can studying the evolution of pathogens have on treating or preventing modern epidemics? (sciencemag.org)