infectious
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The research also highlights some of the difficulties scientists face when investigating ancient infectious diseases.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026
To quote infectious disease expert Jake Scott of Stanford Medicine, “every vaccine given at a baby’s two-month visit adds up to about half a teaspoon. A 20-ounce soda bottle is more than 200 times that.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
In the capital Kyiv, Zelensky said an infectious diseases hospital was hit, while strikes on the frontlines cities of Kherson and Kharkiv caused power outages.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
The initial release Monday included a very small sample size—fewer than a dozen texts—and marked the latest public scrutiny of Fauci’s tenure as the nation’s top infectious disease expert during the Covid pandemic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
He was a carefree, round-bellied man with an infectious laugh and a scraggly salt-and-pepper beard.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
Vocabulary lists containing infectious
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act V
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An American Plague
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