virus

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Although many infections resolve on their own in people with healthy immune systems, the virus can become chronic in individuals with weakened immunity, including organ transplant recipients and people living with HIV.

From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026

In this alternate past, a fatal blood virus, known informally as the Red Wind, has been ravaging the population for about a decade.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

"We're not talking about flu or Covid, where the virus designs itself to be spread through coughing and sneezing," he said.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

The virus is so contagious that any misstep could kill the patient on board and infect the crew members, who would then be vectors to spread the deadly pathogens across America.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

Koffi remembered the crude beds of old hay, crammed together to fit as many people as possible inside, all suffering from the same mosquito virus.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray