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It is possible that one day, he said, someone will use a similar approach to make viral proteins or viruses themselves that infect people and evade vaccine protection or natural immune responses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

They excluded viruses that could infect complex organisms from the training database, performed the research on phage rather than viruses that infect people and it all took place in a secure laboratory.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

Already, mosquito-borne diseases kill more than 1 million people and infect about 700 million worldwide each year.

From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026

The issue is further complicated by bacteriophages, which are viruses that infect bacteria.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026

Some farming populations make it even easier for their own fecal bacteria and worms to infect new victims, by gathering their feces and urine and spreading them as fertilizer on the fields where people work.

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

The virus that sparked a global pandemic still regularly infects, disables and kills hundreds of people per week.

From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026

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 uses a common cold virus that infects chimpanzees that has been genetically modified to make it safe.

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

The species, named Taczanowskia waska, represents the first known example of a spider mimicking the appearance of a fungus that infects spiders.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 17, 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

Fifty-five people have been infected with E. coli or salmonella in connection with the outbreak, the health agency said, including two people who contracted both pathogens.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

These usually develop between 12 and 72 hours after becoming infected.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

At least 12 of those infected in California were infants too young to be vaccinated.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026

While rarely fatal, Lyme disease can cause rashes and flu-like symptoms among people who are bitten by an infected tick, and in some cases neurological problems.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

Chencho’s face around the missing eye was big and swollen as if it were infected.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall

Rather than primarily infecting the lungs, H5N1 caused severe infections in the udders while leaving the respiratory system largely unaffected.

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

The good news is the virus has shown no signs of mutating to make it better at infecting people.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 16, 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

If the mice stayed healthy, then the moon rocks must be safe and we were free to rejoin our families without fear of infecting anyone.

From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins