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Alveolar echinococcosis is considered the third most important food-borne illness globally and is listed by the World Health Organization among the top 20 neglected tropical diseases.
From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026
She neglected to mention that literally everyone else except rapper Vanilla Ice had already quit.
From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026
Restoring a section of neglected heathland habitat could take two to three years, a charity has said.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
EPA alleged the company stored about 8,000 pounds of hydrofluoric acid and 34,000 pounds of nitric acid at a Kent, Wash., facility — but neglected to report these stockpiles to the appropriate government agencies.
From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026
It either went underground, becoming esoteric or occult, or it was mislaid and would eventually turn up after centuries of lying neglected in some monastery library.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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