sickness

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The official death toll from the incident is 31 people - two were killed by the explosion itself, while 28 died from Acute Radiation Sickness, and one from cardiac arrest, in the weeks afterwards.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

Jeanne Abrams is professor emerita at the University of Denver and author of “Revolutionary Medicine: The Founding Fathers and Mothers in Sickness and in Health.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

Sickness was seen less as a fixed set of symptoms ruled by purely biological factors in a body, and more as a response to a stressful environment.

From Slate • May 26, 2024

Sickness was thought to be a consequence of the immune system kicking into action.

From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2024

I ask Dad what afflicted means and he says, Sickness, son, and things that don’t fit.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt