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Cholera, a dangerous bacterial infection that causes severe diarrhea and can be fatal without treatment, may be significantly reduced through diet.

From Science Daily • Apr. 7, 2026

It can however be fatal to infants with underdeveloped immune systems.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

Roadway speed cameras have been proved to reduce speeding by 31% to 82% and fatal crashes by 53% to 71%, according to LADOT.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

This week began on a somber note with the fatal accident at LaGuardia Airport Sunday night.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

A fatal disease vanishing for another reason was New Guinea’s laughing sickness, transmitted by cannibalism and caused by a slow-acting virus from which no one has ever recovered.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond