infection
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That creates particular risks for family members, caregivers, and health workers, especially when patients are being treated in hospitals without adequate infection control.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
In an advisory notice saying the outbreak was over, the CDC said cases had "significantly declined", and it was continuing to investigate the cause of the infection.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
At the most basic level, a fever is the body’s response to something unknown, the beginning of a complex process that targets an infection to ultimately kill it.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
The damage from Wendy’s infection meant she would never have been able to hunt or scavenge again and would instead require a soft food diet for the rest of her life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Trench foot, a painful fungal infection, was brought on by standing in cold, wet mud for days and nights while wearing field boots.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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In settings where testing capacity is scarce, delays in confirming infections can give the virus more time to spread.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
Nor has any published research addressed the connection between recent ectopic pregnancy death rates and untreated infections like gonorrhea and chlamydia, which increased substantially during the first years of the pandemic before declining again.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
Officials say at the peak of the outbreak, before the recall, more than 1,000 infections occurred in a single day.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
Meningitis infections can be spread through close contact - for example through kissing, sharing vapes and drinks or living in close quarters with a person with the bug.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
They cut HeLa cells apart and exposed them to endless toxins, radiation, and infections.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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