outbreak
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The ongoing outbreak centred on DR Congo is fuelled by the Bundibugyo variant of the virus.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
Resilience has been supported by government investment in infrastructure and defense, while even greater disruptions to competitors in Asia have also delivered a bump in activity since the outbreak of war in the Middle East.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
The Royal Free Hospital successfully treated three health workers who had been evacuated after the Ebola outbreak in West Africa in 2014 and 2015.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
Brands’ total revenue rose 4% to $2.05 billion in the third-quarter revenue, even as Taco Bell same-store sales dropped following a parasitic outbreak over the summer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
American agencies had spent about a billion dollars to stop a full-blown outbreak.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez has said that 70,000 police and gendarmes are being deployed, vowing "an extremely firm response" to any potential outbreaks of violence.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
Her campaign launch video hinged on measles outbreaks and the harm of anti-vax sentiments at the highest levels of public health.
From Salon ● Nov. 4, 2026
For most outbreaks in healthy individuals, “We take an antiviral, and it should be fine,” Tbakhi said.
From Slate ● Nov. 1, 2026
In the past, that secretive atmosphere has prevented information about other infectious outbreaks from becoming public, including an anthrax outbreak in 2016 in the Siberian province of Yamal that officials said killed two people.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
I remember lice from the boat—Mam was terrified of us kids getting it, and she checked our heads every day, quarantining us when we heard about outbreaks in other cabins.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
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