outbreak

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It said the money for Zimbabwe would have gone towards "HIV/Aids treatment and prevention, tuberculosis, malaria, maternal and child health, and disease outbreak preparedness".

From BBC

The local livestock department said samples from the tigers showed canine distemper virus - though authorities have not confirmed how the outbreak happened.

From BBC

During Birmingham's 2023 outbreak, some former doctors and nurses were brought out of retirement, like they had been in the pandemic.

From BBC

This is the epicentre of a foot-and-mouth disease outbreak that has – in the past year – swept across eight of the country's nine provinces, devastating animal herds, with many cattle being killed to halt its spread.

From BBC

In fact, they already have; the U.S. is experiencing a measles outbreak that will likely result in the nation losing its status as having eradicated the disease.

From Salon