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fever

[fee-ver] / ˈfi vər /


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Just this month, tularemia, also known as rabbit fever and caused by a bacterium in ticks and deer flies, was detected in people living on Long Island.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2026

People who contract salmonella often experience diarrhea, cramping and fever for about a week.

From MarketWatch Aug. 10, 2026

Ebola is spread by contact with bodily fluids and causes a haemorrhagic fever.

From Barron's Aug. 7, 2026

Health Minister Roger Kamba said screening was being carried out as a precautionary measure after a passenger with fever and diarrhoea, who had got off at an earlier stop, had died in hospital.

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

“She does have a small fever, and I do hear something in her lungs,” he said.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron

"There was no fevers, no headaches, absolutely nothing. It came from nowhere."

From BBC May 27, 2026

"Given the scale, we are thinking that it has started probably a couple of months ago," Anais Legand, WHO technical officer on viral haemorrhagic fevers, told reporters in Geneva.

From Barron's May 20, 2026

Health officials say the sick passengers have symptoms like fevers along with gastrointestinal and respiratory issues.

From MarketWatch May 5, 2026

There was Kent Brantly, 27, a family physician who, owing to the grueling hours and oppressive African heat, had lost 30 pounds even before he succumbed to hemorrhagic fevers.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 20, 2026

So it made sense to Rush, Hodge, and Foulke that the putrid-smelling air could upset people enough to cause an outbreak of violent, fatal fevers.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy




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