illness
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The illness is characterized by muscle rigidity in the torso, arms and legs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
Reports that a woman employed at a plague research institute in Russia's Irkutsk region died from the disease has spiked online interest in possible treatments for the illness in North America.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
Wednesday's announcement means that Canadians with mental illness as their sole condition will not be able to access assisted dying by March 2027 as previously planned.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
Rock awkwardly tries to expand this into a story about mental illness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
It has become difficult—if not impossible—to hide her illness.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
After thousands of foodborne illnesses this year, the produce giant will suspend some harvesting and processing during peak summer months.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
The fires have created severe haze locally, with tens of thousands of cases of respiratory illnesses, and also caused regional air pollution spikes in Singapore and Malaysia.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
Compared with other illnesses, the plague isn’t much of a problem these days: Each year the regular old flu kills many thousands of people in the United States alone.
From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026
But concerns have been raised about whether mental illnesses are currently understood well enough by medicine to determine appropriate eligibility.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
Theo hadn’t seen progress then, but the last few years, even with Vincent’s illnesses, have been spectacular.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
