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Taylor Farms, the produce company linked to the summer’s deadly cyclospora outbreak, is suspending sales of iceberg lettuce from central Mexico during the parasite’s peak season, the WSJ’s Jesse Newman reports.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

This is the latest twist for the U.S. produce industry, which was rocked by the cyclospora outbreak last summer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Number of confirmed cases of measles so far in Pennsylvania since an outbreak began in April, according to the state’s department of health.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Amid the 2026 Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, videos of a doctor recommending Vitamin D3 and zinc spread from accounts selling supplements, despite these being unable to treat the disease.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

In years to come people would call the outbreak of firepox that struck Ketterdam the Queen’s Lady Plague, after the ship believed to have brought the contagion to the city.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo

Now the country’s on the verge of losing that status after successive years of outbreaks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Russia’s consumer watchdog agency responded that it would be willing to help the U.S. with its outbreaks of measles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

In an apparent response, Rospotrebnadzor on Tuesday announced that Russia was prepared to assist the United States in combating its own outbreaks of infectious diseases.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

In Wales, the Midlands and Northern England it may be more of a struggle to see the meteor shower, with a slow-moving weather front providing cloud and outbreaks of rain.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

In his smoothest Texas voice, C. J. Peters said, “It’s a rather rare viral disease that has been responsible for human fatalities in outbreaks in Zaire and Sudan within the past ten or twelve years.”

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston