deadly
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Senthilnath Lakshmanachetty, PhD, a postdoctoral researcher in Okada's laboratory, led experiments to investigate whether B-SYNC could successfully attack this deadly childhood cancer.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2026
Whitmire's announcement comes a week after an ICE officer was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after he allegedly hit a man with a vehicle in Texas.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026
She was haunted by her handling of deadly wildfires in 2025, which erupted while she was traveling for the Biden administration.
From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026
The city has struggled in recent years with persistent homelessness, sky-high housing prices, job losses in Hollywood and the deadly wildfires last year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
When I started researching her story, I had one question: How did she have the courage to stand up for the working poor against such huge and deadly odds?
From "Fannie Never Flinched" by Mary Cronk Farrell
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Bacterial meningitis, as seen in this outbreak, is rarer and deadlier than the viral type.
From Barron's ● Mar. 19, 2026
Through these mutations, they can become more contagious, evade immunity, and become deadlier.
From Salon ● Nov. 28, 2025
While about 500,000 people a year die from excessive heat, he says, “surprisingly, excessive cold is far deadlier, killing nearly ten times more.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025
Thailand has announced its first confirmed case of a new, potentially deadlier strain of Mpox - the first in Asia, and second outside of Africa.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2024
For one reason or another, the virus became a lot deadlier.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
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Throughout the book, Krakauer recounts his attempt to summit Mount Everest the year earlier in what would become, at the time, the mountain’s deadliest season.
From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2026
DR Congo's previous deadliest outbreak saw 2,299 deaths recorded between 2018-2020, the UN said.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
"We are devastated," Cecilio said, echoing the sentiment of the dozens of families affected by one of Europe's deadliest train disasters this century.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
By examining nearly half a million individual cancer cells, researchers identified genetic changes that could reveal new ways to fight one of the deadliest forms of cancer.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026
I sat them both on my bed, and while Lulu glared at Rufus with the deadliest disdain, I told them my story.
From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan
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