sickened

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Health officials are racing to find the source of a parasite that has sickened potentially thousands of people across more than 30 states and isn’t showing signs of stopping.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 10, 2026

An outbreak of cyclosporiasis — a parasite-caused illness whose symptoms include explosive diarrhea — has sickened more than 1,000 people in Michigan.

From MarketWatch • Jul. 9, 2026

At least 233 people have been sickened in eight outbreaks that federal and state regulators have connected to McAfee’s farm since 2006, and at least 40 of them have been hospitalized.

From Salon • Jun. 22, 2026

Nara Organics recalled its whole milk baby formula after a California child and two others were sickened by potentially fatal infant botulism, federal officials said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2026

He found wood piled by one wall, built up the fire himself, and then with gestures asked for water, for swallowing sea-water had sickened him and now he was parched with thirst.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin