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Burton lived in Cambridgeshire and previously been a parish and district councillor, representing The Stukeleys ward on Huntingdonshire District Council.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

A hospital ward has been closed following an outbreak of crusted scabies - a rare and highly contagious form of the illness.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

A growing number of deadly West Nile virus-carrying mosquitoes are spreading rapidly across Southern California and local officials are urging residents to take action to ward off a bite.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

In Paris, fights over air conditioning are proliferating as residents increasingly seek to install the systems to ward off the heat.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026

After arriving at Leavenworth, William Hale was assigned to duty on the tuberculosis ward.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

Trevlyn Bonaparte, a St. Lucia teacher, said hospital wards are sometimes staffed by two Cuban nurses for every 20 patients.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

They work in rural clinics and hospital wards across the world, from small Caribbean islands to as far away as Italy, where poor, rural communities rely on Cuban doctors to offer basic health services.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

He also claimed he was told not to campaign in certain wards where activists did not want him because they did not agree with his views on "matters of conscience".

From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026

The figures show during May there were 2,241 patients a day, on average, who experience corridor care, while on wards there were 669.

From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026

Improbably, unexpectedly found by Lord Fredrick Ashton, and taken in as his wards.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood

Some actual Buffetts have warded off comparisons to Berkshire’s chairman.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026

Their agreement to testify warded off potential contempt-of-Congress proceedings against them.

From BBC ● Feb. 26, 2026

They were also revered as talismans that warded off evil spirits.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2025

The drug, called lolamicin, also warded off secondary infections with Clostridioides difficile, a common and dangerous hospital-associated bacterial infection, and was effective against more than 130 multidrug-resistant bacterial strains in cell culture.

From Science Daily ● May 29, 2024

Mr. Armin warded the blows easily enough but often failed to return them.

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood

Praised for warding off pests, so-called bodega cats are also a cultural fixture for New Yorkers, some of whom are now pushing to enshrine legal rights for the little store helpers.

From Barron's ● Feb. 10, 2026

The subsidy-fueled gold rush emboldened unions to squeeze producers, warding off studios looking for inexpensive film locations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026

He stayed in his truck outside the affordable senior complex, trying to keep an eye on things: warding off looters, putting out ember flare-ups, responding to flooding when the building’s sprinklers finally burst back on.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2025

Social media–savvy psychologists and life coaches have created a cottage industry of warding off and healing from narcissists.

From Slate ● Jul. 23, 2025

Then she rubbed her head, like she was warding off a headache.

From "Auggie & Me" by R. J. Palacio