illnesses
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The Minneapolis-based company, which also sells under the Calco brand, said it hasn’t received any reports of illnesses involving the sprouts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Many factors can influence vaccine response, including age, sex, genetics, previous illnesses and underlying health conditions.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
For six-and-a-half years, Lisa Hayden-Johnson claimed Matthew had a long list of illnesses including diabetes, food allergies, cerebral palsy and cystic fibrosis, but years later it emerged she had made it all up.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Officials in Michigan, one state with a disproportionately large number of illnesses, said earlier this month that it had become safer to eat lettuce and salad greens as case counts started to fall.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
But several studies have shown that black patients were treated and hospitalized at later stages of their illnesses than white patients.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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