pathogen
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Cyclospora is not a new pathogen by any stretch, but the sheer numbers here are surprising, even to health officials.
From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026
Many African nations have also drawn lessons from Covid, as the race to find a vaccine proved the value of pathogen data but left the continent struggling to get doses for its people.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
"A future in which pathogen samples and information move quickly, without needless delay; and in which the benefits that come from them reach the people who need them most, fairly and in time."
From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026
The deepest mystery of the plague is why this bacterium—in normal times a pathogen of wild rodents—erupted to cause some of the most world-altering disease outbreaks on record.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
In the second stage a former animal pathogen evolves to the point where it does get transmitted directly between people and causes epidemics.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
States can continue to report information on other pathogens to FoodNet, but they are no longer required to do so.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Both pathogens can develop resistance and become "superbugs" that evade frontline drugs such as vancomycin.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026
“Cyclospora is one of the most notoriously difficult pathogens to detect in agricultural matrices.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
FoodNet used to monitor and track Cyclospora and other pathogens, like Listeria.
From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026
We and our pathogens are now locked in an escalating evolutionary contest, with the death of one contestant the price of defeat, and with natural selection playing the role of umpire.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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