Possible Clues:

• Huge lair with rodents all endlessly producing plague
• Plague poem only has half of what it should have
• Disease in record supplied by one new medic
• Serious flu outbreak, e.g
• Fantastic medicine, not new, beginning to prevent disease
• Unfortunately widespread blockbuster about current US politician
• Dime novel used in major movie, resulting in widespread complaint
• Prevailing record's the same with international clubs
• Dim piece (anag)
• Wide-ranging -- it's the same in The Odyssey maybe