flu
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The respiratory virus season — which starts in the fall and ends in early spring — is expected to include the circulation of flu, COVID-19 and RSV.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026
The scientific research in those cases involved work around the mosquito-born chikungunya virus, a "highly-pathogenic" strain of the bird flu, a family of viruses that include smallpox and mpox, venoms and other toxins.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
The equine flu did not trigger a mass die-off: The number of horses on U.S. farms rose 4% in 1872-73.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
Law demolished the arguments of the miasmists, marshaling data to show that local eruptions of equine flu were unrelated to temperature, elevation, soil conditions, changes in weather or any of the other widely touted causes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
“I don’t know. He had a fever all day. Thought it was the flu, but then he started coughing uncontrollably, and he just—he just collapsed in the living room.”
From "Betty Before X" by Ilyasah Shabazz and Renée Watson
