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Three major Ebola viruses are known to infect humans, and researchers believe fruit bats are the natural source.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 22, 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 New World Screwworm is a fly whose larvae feed on living tissue, and can infect cattle, wildlife, pets and, rarely, people.

From Barron's ● Jun. 8, 2026

Ebola viruses normally infect animals, typically fruit bats, but outbreaks among humans can sometimes start when people eat or handle infected animals.

From BBC ● May 18, 2026

Since the disease may take a very long time to kill its victim, the victim remains alive as a reservoir of microbes to infect other members of the tribelet.

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

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

The virus normally infects animals, typically fruit bats, but outbreaks among humans can sometimes start when people eat or handle infected animals.

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 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

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026

Engineered pollen blows just as easily as the original kind and infects all traditional plants in its path.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson

Shredded iceberg lettuce supplied by Taylor Farms to Taco Bell restaurants has been linked to a parasitic outbreak that has infected thousands of people in five states, according to a person familiar with the matter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026

It occurs in less than 1% of infected patients.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026

Those infected may be asymptomatic or experience uncomfortable symptoms, including “watery diarrhea with frequent and sometimes explosive bowel movements.”

From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026

Last August, in Harlem in upper Manhattan, 114 people were infected and seven people died.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

“The skin around my G-tube is pretty badly infected. Dr. Hamid’s worried about sepsis. She’s going to purge my infected skin and replace my G-tube in the morning.”

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott

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

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

But some do end up being “superspreaders,” infecting others at exceptional rates.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026

How are you going to fly two withering, highly contagious people from Africa to America without killing them or infecting others on the plane?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026

Yellow fever was wrestling the life out of Philadelphia, infecting the cobblestones, the trees, the nature of the people.

From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson