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Recent Examples of virus
Mpox symptoms Mpox symptoms start within 21 days of exposure to the virus with a typical incubation, or symptom-free, period of three to 17 days, according to the CDC and WHO.
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Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 17 Oct. 2025
Scientists warned that the virus could become endemic again within 20 years.
—Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Researchers say another false belief by those on the far right holds that people who received covid vaccines shed the virus, causing infertility in the unvaccinated.
—Stephanie Armour, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
Even in kids who did test, studies show that up to 90 percent of cases can go missed due to differences in how kids’ immune systems handle the virus.
—Eli Cahan, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2025
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Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 17 Oct. 2025
Scientists warned that the virus could become endemic again within 20 years.
—Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Researchers say another false belief by those on the far right holds that people who received covid vaccines shed the virus, causing infertility in the unvaccinated.
—Stephanie Armour, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
Even in kids who did test, studies show that up to 90 percent of cases can go missed due to differences in how kids’ immune systems handle the virus.
—Eli Cahan, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for virus
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That research has also linked ultraprocessed foods to health concerns like obesity, Type 2 diabetes, cognitive decline and cardiovascular disease.—
Alice Callahan,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Other factors include age (most cases occur after age 50), diet (a high-fat diet can increase cancer risk), and family history of the disease.—
Khloe Quill,
FOXNews.com,
15 Oct. 2025
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This time around, investors are focused on a specific type of lending made by banks to non-depository financial institutions, or NDFIs, as the source of possible contagion.—
Hugh Son,
CNBC,
17 Oct. 2025
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There was, in Bernard Bailyn’s wonderful phrase, a contagion of liberty.—
Richard Stengel,
Time,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Virus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/virus. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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