bodily

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The virus spreads through direct contact with bodily fluids such as blood, vomit, diarrhea, and sperm.

From Science Daily • Jun. 22, 2026

Lethal force is allowed “when it’s reasonable to protect the officer or other person/s from an imminent threat of death or serious bodily injury.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 20, 2026

Ebola, which is spread through close contact and bodily fluids, has killed more than 15,000 people in Africa over the past 50 years.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

Transmission before symptoms develop is unlikely, but symptomatic patients—particularly those with later-stage disease—can spread the virus through contact with bodily fluids.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

By 1860, the practice of bleeding a patient is the last gasp of a treatment that goes back to the "bodily humors" theory of the ancient Greeks.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman