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influenza

[in-floo-en-zuh] / ˌɪn fluˈɛn zə /


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In Ridley Scott’s simple-minded sociological study “The Dog Stars,” an influenza epidemic wiped out the majority of our squabblesome species sometime during the last decade.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

Under Kennedy, the U.S. government also canceled Moderna’s contract to develop mRNA-based vaccines for pandemic influenza viruses.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 22, 2026

Australian wildlife workers have launched an unprecedented effort to vaccinate wild populations of little penguins against the highly contagious H5N1 avian influenza.

From Barron's Aug. 20, 2026

The researchers studied several disease models, including colon cancer, influenza, and SARS-CoV-2.

From Science Daily Aug. 3, 2026

Dr. Victor Vaughn, acting surgeon general of the army, has witnessed firsthand the effects of the influenza at Camp Devens, a military camp near Boston.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool

The fresh mutations have happened in a group of H3N2 influenzas.

From BBC Nov. 8, 2025

Human contact with nonhuman animals accounts for our influenzas as well, which usually emerge from wild aquatic birds.

From New York Times Jul. 25, 2023

That’s because avian and swine influenzas have caused pandemics in humans, including the 1918 flu pandemic, which was caused by a virus that originated in birds, and the 2009 swine flu pandemic.

From Scientific American Apr. 24, 2023

“In the last 20 years we’ve had many of these pathogens emerge or re-emerge: SARS, MERS, different avian influenzas, Zika, yellow fever and of course SARS-CoV-2,” van Kerkhove said.

From Reuters Aug. 20, 2021

But I must take my baby and daughter with me, as they have not fully recovered from their influenzas, and I should not dare to trust them away from me.”

From Marital Power Exemplified in Mrs. Packard's Trial, and Self-Defence from the Charge of Insanity by Elizabeth Parsons Ware Packard




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