first case
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The first case was reported on April 24, in a healthcare worker who later passed away.
From MarketWatch • May 17, 2026
Meanwhile two Britons are voluntarily self-isolating at home in the UK, having disembarked the vessel at St Helena on 24 April before the first case of hantavirus was confirmed.
From BBC • May 10, 2026
TikTok and Snap settled the first case but are on the hook for the others.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
New York City officials have confirmed the first case of a more severe strain case of mpox.
From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026
The Neylan board’s first case involved a former Los Alamos chemist named Robert Hurley, who had fallen under suspicion because his Latvian-born wife purportedly had leftist sympathies.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
