fatality
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Mr. Kennedy’s declaration says that “among patients who have severe respiratory symptoms, the case fatality rate has been estimated at approximately 38%.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
Vaccines are only available for the Zaire strain, which was identified in 1976 and has a higher fatality rate of 60-90 percent.
From Barron's • May 16, 2026
Found in Argentina and Chile, the Andes strain is unique among hantaviruses in that it can be spread between humans and has a high fatality rate of about 35%.
From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026
The third fatality - a German woman - is not a confirmed case either.
From BBC • May 6, 2026
This was the same kind of fatality rate as was seen with the black plague during the Middle Ages.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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