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Recent Examples of pathogenic
In 2020, a new, highly pathogenic form emerged in Europe and spread quickly around the world.
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Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 4 Oct. 2024
Rao and his colleagues identified CD4 T cells — or pathogenic T cells — as the ones causing an imbalance of B cells.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 10 Sep. 2024
Like all foods grown outdoors, they may be exposed to a variety of harmful bacteria like salmonella and pathogenic Escherichia coli (E. coli).
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Sep. 2024
Findings from animal studies suggest that supplementing with oregano oil may improve immune status and support gut health by reducing the number of pathogenic (disease-causing) bacteria in the digestive tract while improving the health of the gut barrier.
—Jillian Kubala, Health, 12 Aug. 2024
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Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 4 Oct. 2024
Rao and his colleagues identified CD4 T cells — or pathogenic T cells — as the ones causing an imbalance of B cells.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 10 Sep. 2024
Like all foods grown outdoors, they may be exposed to a variety of harmful bacteria like salmonella and pathogenic Escherichia coli (E. coli).
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Sep. 2024
Findings from animal studies suggest that supplementing with oregano oil may improve immune status and support gut health by reducing the number of pathogenic (disease-causing) bacteria in the digestive tract while improving the health of the gut barrier.
—Jillian Kubala, Health, 12 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pathogenic
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On July 30, Ray updated her fans again, revealing her diagnosis of infective endocarditis, a severe heart infection.Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 31 July 2024
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Hospitalizations for strokes related to opioid use and infective endocarditis, a life-threatening infection of the heart’s lining and valves, increased in people under 45 from 2006 through 2015, coinciding with the opioid epidemic’s onset, the authors added.Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 23 May 2024
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Though, bird flu virus levels have been found at high levels in raw milk and health officials believe raw milk is infectious to humans.Youri Benadjaoud, ABC News, 3 Dec. 2024
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The energy of Nord’s workforce is infectious—something Tomas Okmanas, Nord’s CEO and cofounder, witnesses daily.Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 30 Nov. 2024
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Advertisement Reawakening the organ pipes The voice of Notre Dame’s great organ hasn’t been heard in public since the blaze coated the nearly 8,000 pipes with toxic dust released when the lead roofing burned.John Leicester, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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Which is one of the principle food sources for blue-green algae, and other toxic algae.Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2024
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And to make matters worse, crime rates have risen, demonstrations by taxi drivers have turned violent, and a bungled garbage collection policy has blanketed Luanda with waste and a pestilential stench.Ricardo Soares De Oliveira, Foreign Affairs, 28 Oct. 2015
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But life back then was pretty sketchy and precarious even without pestilential rats running around, unbound.Scott LaFee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 July 2023
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Another growing problem is the use of harmful flame retardants in the plastic enclosures around batteries.Arlene Blum, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
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Additionally, the brand touts the product as being free from harmful chemicals, dyes, and synthetic fragrances, which earned it some extra brownie points.Casey Clark, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Dec. 2024
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Despite its reputation for being poisonous, popular poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima) has only mild effects if nibbled, the ASPCA says.Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Nov. 2024
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The plot is this: To stop a witness from testifying against him, a gangster stows away poisonous snakes in the cargo hold of a plane on which the witness is traveling.Mark Oppenheimer, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Oct. 2024
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With more powerful and virulent tools, fake news can travel at near two thirds the speed of light, often without human regulation.Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
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Their virulent strain of hate, deeply rooted in antisemitism, has spread beyond the region and found fertile ground in Western democracies, including the United States.Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
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She’s also undergone 30 cryogenic lung ablations—a procedure in which a radiologist uses a needle-like probe to freeze malignant tumors off the lungs.Julia Ries, SELF, 4 Dec. 2024
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While the diverse kinds of grants from the Institute of Museum and Library Services or Energy Department loan programs may not immediately seem representative of the sub-regulatory decrees that irk industry, increasingly the malignant materiality and significance of grants deserve more attention.Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Pathogenic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pathogenic. Accessed 11 Dec. 2024.
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