pathogen

Plague is a disease caused by the Yersinia pestis bacterium, the same pathogen that killed millions of people in Europe during the Middle Ages.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

In other words, they are saying they don’t know what pathogen caused the infection of her lungs, let alone whether it was Yersinia pestis, the bacteria that cause the plague.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Axios reported this info as a “scoop,” but it’s relatively routine to surveil any pathogen that could cause severe damage to national security.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026

In aging animals, most neutrophils that never encounter a pathogen quickly enter senescence, a dysfunctional state in which they can release harmful chemicals that damage nearby cells and promote inflammation.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026

It does mean, though, that a human population as a whole becomes better protected against the pathogen.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

Rospotrebnadzor said Wednesday that the situation in the Irkutsk region remained "stable", and that nearly 5,000 tests had been conducted, none of which revealed dangerous pathogens.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

Kate Herridge, a PhD student working on the project, said the next step was to "concentrate these water samples" and "find if any pathogens have attached themselves to the samplers".

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

But the western blacklegged tick, known as the deer tick in most of the country, is common in the state’s chaparral, grasslands and woods, and can transmit Lyme disease, babesiosis and other pathogens.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

Lactoferrin also carries its own direct defense against pathogens.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026

All those microbes are still at an early stage in their evolution into specialized human pathogens.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond