disease

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Dr. Amesh Adalja, an infectious disease expert and senior scholar at Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, told Salon he is not hopeful the outbreaks can be contained at this point.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026

CTE is a degenerative brain disease that has been found in people exposed to repetitive head trauma; it can be diagnosed only after death.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

McMichael died April 23, 2025, after a five-year battle with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

Osteoporosis is often called a silent disease because bone loss can occur without noticeable symptoms until a fracture happens.

From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026

Her mom from a disease called ovarian cancer, when Mom was sixteen, and her dad in a car accident two years later.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy