outbreak
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If the outbreak continues to spread, he expects to hire more employees to keep watch over the herds.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
This outbreak was seen as unprecedented because of the number infected in such a short space of time.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
Genetic analyses indicate the older infections were linked to a tundra variant, while today's outbreak is associated with a more infectious strain of European origin.
From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026
The outbreak’s consequences can be measured in dollars and cents: Responding to an outbreak of as few as 600 cases could cost local agencies $10 million, according to healthcare researchers at Johns Hopkins University.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
No one had forgotten how in 1885 fouled water had ignited an outbreak of cholera and typhoid that killed ten percent of the city’s population.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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