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virus

[vahy-ruhs] / ˈvaɪ rəs /


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Restrictions aimed at controlling bluetongue, a virus that affects sheep, cattle and other livestock, are now in force across the whole of Scotland.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

Take that dichotomy between the self-importance running like a virus through young men and the prudent actions taken by The Cornell Daily Sun staff.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

Injecting antibodies can help provide temporary protection against a virus or, if already infected, help the immune system fight it off.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

They worry for the start of the school year, which will provide even more opportunities for the highly contagious virus to spread.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

But he was also the frailest, and when colds or flu or virus infections came around he was the first to catch them and the slowest to recover.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien

He goes on to emphasize that what Claude found — a previously uncharacterized enzyme system found in viruses that infect bacteria — isn’t necessarily going to be useful.

From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026

They are also working on a broader therapeutic to boost the immune system’s response to respiratory viruses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Some AI industry leaders fear doomsday scenarios such as the possibility of AI bots creating novel viruses capable of wiping out humanity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

Sullivan has argued that medical countermeasures should be developed more broadly for pathogens capable of causing severe illness or death in humans, rather than focusing only on viruses already known to cause frequent outbreaks.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

I wonder if there are extra special viruses you can catch directly from Spackle.

From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness




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