infected
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Satish Pillai, the CDC manager for the Ebola response, said "the total individuals that are infected and requiring isolation remains unclear."
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
Urgency to tamp down the invasive mosquito population in California has increased since 2023, when the state logged its first locally acquired dengue cases — meaning people were infected in their communities, not while traveling.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026
Governors in the U.S. worried that infected travelers would bring the disease here.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
One of the first changes they observed was reduced eating in infected mice, which suggested that the animals' metabolism had shifted.
From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026
It was like he’d been infected by the boy’s bravery.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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