infections

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The World Health Organization confirmed the outbreak on May 4, noting a total of seven infections, with three deaths since the outbreak began in early April.

From Salon • May 9, 2026

Around the world, more than 1 million amputations occur every year due to diabetes-related vascular disease, traumatic injuries, infections, and cancer, according to Global Burden of Disease statistics.

From Science Daily • May 9, 2026

There is currently no widely available vaccine or specific antiviral treatment for hantavirus infections.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

Before last year, the highest national annual measles caseload in recent memory was in 1992, when 2,126 infections were reported.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

This is the genuinely decisive technology of modern medicine, exemplified best by modern methods for immunization against diphtheria, pertussis, and the childhood virus diseases, and the contemporary use of antibiotics and chemotherapy for bacterial infections.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas