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To investigate the process, researchers compared SARS-CoV-2 with RaTG13, a closely related coronavirus that infects bats but has not been known to infect humans.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 24, 2026

Infant botulism happens when swallowed spores from the bacterium infect a baby’s large intestine and make a toxin in it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2026

Unlike a virus, the parasite can’t spread directly from animal to animal, and it requires an open wound to infect an animal, Talbot said.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 10, 2026

The vaccine was engineered to work on all coronaviruses which would include all Covid variants and viruses that infect animals, but could start the next pandemic.

From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026

The second study showed how people who were charismatic could — without saying anything and with the briefest of exposures — infect others with their emotions.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell

The U.K. also announced sanctions against hackers responsible for Lumma Stealer, malware that sucks up sensitive information from devices it infects.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026

It infects the heath-star moss that is damaging UK environments by taking over and turfing out other species.

From BBC ● May 30, 2026

It uses a common cold virus that normally infects chimpanzees but has been genetically engineered to make it safe for people.

From BBC ● May 22, 2026

The contagion is typically found in rodents and rarely infects humans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026

Provided that each victim thereby infects on the average more than one new victim, the bacterium will spread, even though the first host happens to die.

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

There is no evidence that his, or any of the nation’s homegrown lettuce, was infected with the parasite behind an illness outbreak that has sickened thousands of people so far.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

A viral haemorrhagic fever, Ebola spreads through close contact and infected bodily fluids.

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

A "grieving mum's plea" leads the Daily Mirror, whose daughter died after contracting E.Coli – a potentially harmful bacteria found in infected food or unclean water.

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026

When the drug was used to treat animals that were already infected, it also reduced the length of time they remained capable of transmitting the virus.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026

He was weak and his infected leg was in excruciating pain from the stress and exertion he had endured the day before, hunting for Julio.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple

When H5N1 bird flu began infecting U.S. dairy cattle in early 2024, veterinarians struggled to identify the cause.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 23, 2026

In an interview with the Reuters news agency, Gaston urged the child and her mother to go to a health centre, as they risked "worsening their health" and "infecting their relatives".

From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026

Even with this early identification, the outbreak spiraled into the deadliest Ebola epidemic in history, infecting over 28,000 and killing over 11,000.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

With hantavirus, the incubation period can take up to six weeks, so people must be isolated for a really long time to ensure they won’t get sick and start infecting others.

From Slate ● May 16, 2026

The plague spread to every house, infecting schools and factories, so that no one felt secure.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende