infectious disease
noun
: a disease (such as influenza, malaria, meningitis, rabies, or tetanus) caused by the entrance into the body of pathogenic agents or microorganisms (such as bacteria, viruses, protozoans, or fungi) which grow and multiply there compare communicable disease, contagious disease
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Surely, our leaders in Tallahassee can work out a budget to sustain the ADAP program statewide — especially for an infectious disease.
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Steve Bender, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2026
Nathan Shively, an infectious disease expert with Allegheny Health Network, shared tips on how people can protect themselves.
—Mamie Bah, CBS News, 14 Mar. 2026
But beyond these harms, the disease’s resurgence serves as a serious warning about the country’s capacity to manage infectious disease threats of all kinds.
—Andrea Uhlig, The Conversation, 12 Mar. 2026
In 2020, Bhattacharya, then a health economist at Stanford University without specialized training in infectious disease, co-authored the Great Barrington Declaration, an open letter that downplayed the risk of COVID and called for most of society to reopen before the arrival of vaccines.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2026
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Steve Bender, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2026
Nathan Shively, an infectious disease expert with Allegheny Health Network, shared tips on how people can protect themselves.
—Mamie Bah, CBS News, 14 Mar. 2026
But beyond these harms, the disease’s resurgence serves as a serious warning about the country’s capacity to manage infectious disease threats of all kinds.
—Andrea Uhlig, The Conversation, 12 Mar. 2026
In 2020, Bhattacharya, then a health economist at Stanford University without specialized training in infectious disease, co-authored the Great Barrington Declaration, an open letter that downplayed the risk of COVID and called for most of society to reopen before the arrival of vaccines.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2026
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“Infectious disease.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/infectious%20disease. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.
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