first case
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The first case was reported on April 24, in a healthcare worker who later died.
From MarketWatch • May 17, 2026
TikTok and Snap settled the first case but are on the hook for the others.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
Streeting said from the very first case, contacts had been traced, with antibiotics being offered to those who may have interacted with someone with the illness.
From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026
New York City confirmed the first case of a more severe mpox strain, though the risk of transmission remains low.
From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026
In the first case such generosity is damaging; in the second, it is indeed necessary to be thought generous.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
