fatal
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According to the WHO, pneumonic plague has a very short incubation period - sometimes just 24 hours - and can be fatal, if not diagnosed and treated early.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
"The situation regarding dangerous infectious diseases remains unstable," it said, highlighting among other things a "significantly worsened" measles situation in three US states, and a "fatal case of plague" recorded in New Mexico in June.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
The disease is almost always fatal if treatment doesn’t begin within 24 hours of the first symptom, particularly if it reaches the lungs as pneumonic plague.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
A hemorrhagic stroke is less common than an ischemic stroke, but it is more fatal and occurs when a blood vessel leaks or ruptures in the brain, according to the Mayo Clinic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
The events that would deal Macondo its fatal blow were just showing themselves when they brought Meme Buendía’s son home.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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