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outbreak

[out-breyk] / ˈaʊtˌbreɪk /


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If the outbreak continues to spread, he expects to hire more employees to keep watch over the herds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

In March this year there were 21 cases of meningitis B confirmed in an outbreak in Kent, with two deaths.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Genetic analyses indicate the older infections were linked to a tundra variant, while today's outbreak is associated with a more infectious strain of European origin.

From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026

The outbreak’s consequences can be measured in dollars and cents: Responding to an outbreak of as few as 600 cases could cost local agencies $10 million, according to healthcare researchers at Johns Hopkins University.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Since the C.D.C. was in charge of the human aspects of the outbreak, the C.D.C. was in charge of Frantig—and the C.D.C. wanted him taken to Fairfax Hospital, inside the Washington Beltway.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston




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