infections

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Bangladesh's Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Sardar Sakhawat Hossain, tells the BBC he is expecting the number of infections to start dropping soon.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

Kenya has not reported any Ebola infections so far, but health authorities are scrambling to curb a fast-growing outbreak of a rare Ebola variant in the DRC.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

Salmonella causes approximately 1.35 million infections, 26,500 hospitalizations, and 420 deaths in the U.S. every year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

About 29% carried two pathogens simultaneously, while 11% had three infections and 3% carried four different pathogens.

From Science Daily • May 26, 2026

His concern focused on a series of illnesses that had struck his patients throughout the year—the mumps in January, jaw and mouth infections in February, scarlet fever in March, followed by influenza in July.

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