outbreak
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If this pace continues, the number of cases will pass California’s high from 2015, when there were 125 cases in the state and a portion of them were related to a large outbreak at Disneyland.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
Battling its worst dengue outbreak in nearly a decade, Sri Lanka has deployed military drones to scan for stagnant pools of water on rooftops and other mosquito-breeding sites.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Online, blame for the outbreak has shifted this week to Taylor Farms and away from Taco Bell, according to PeakMetrics, an analytics company that tracks online discussions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Among those, eight had traveled internationally and one traveled to another state where there was a measles outbreak.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
Or water, as I would come to see when I witnessed the outbreak of interspecies war in a highway rest stop driving through Arizona.
From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen
Public-health officials are analyzing at least four outbreaks of the parasite.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
The report highlighted the "psychological factor" among communities who feared a fire season like 2024 and therefore helped control any outbreaks.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
Bagged salad mixes and kits have been linked to previous Cyclospora outbreaks in the United States and Canada, according to Michigan health officials.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
The agency said it was also investigating other unrelated outbreaks.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 18, 2026
Francisco Pizarro, now governor of Peru, was learning that to avoid outbreaks of feckless violence he needed to keep his men occupied at all times.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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