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Because of this highly contagious disease, there has been a decline in the number of turkeys raised.—
Ella Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 Nov. 2025 -
Last school year marked the fifth year in a row that MMR coverage among kindergartners in the US had been below the federal target of 95%, a benchmark needed to prevent spread of the highly contagious disease.—
Deidre McPhillips,
CNN Money,
27 Oct. 2025
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Three years later, a clinical study of the Pro, paid for by Stryker, found that 1 in 4 patients experienced complications after getting the implant, ranging from infection to avascular necrosis, the death of bone tissue due to loss of blood.—
Elizabeth B. Kim,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
12 Nov. 2025
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In the counties studied, admissions for cardiovascular disease, infections, and injuries went up; in the week after a storm, respiratory disease spiked more than anything else.—
Clayton Dalton,
New Yorker,
11 Nov. 2025
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They were expanded in 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic to allow more Americans to gain access to insurance as the economy grappled with the fallout of the virus.—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Nov. 2025
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After the virus spreads, the world is utterly at peace.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Nov. 2025
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This Halloween, step into stories where science meets terror, where contagions kill, landscapes devour explorers, and technology crushes the human soul.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
31 Oct. 2025
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The contagion wouldn't stop at tech stocks.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Contagium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contagium. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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