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Even so, the public health department urged health providers to suspect the virus in symptomatic people who traveled to certain East or Central African nations in the last three weeks.
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Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 12 June 2026
Two residents of Singapore who were onboard the cruise ship during the outbreak and were on the same flight as the patient who later died have tested negative for the virus, Singaporean officials say.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
Given the virus doesn't appear to spread very easily from one person to another, the passengers could quarantine at home without posing a danger to the community, Hodge and others say.
—Rob Stein, NPR, 11 June 2026
Sleeman says the good news is raptors appear to be developing somewhat of an immunity to the virus.
—John Lauritsen, CBS News, 11 June 2026
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Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 12 June 2026
Two residents of Singapore who were onboard the cruise ship during the outbreak and were on the same flight as the patient who later died have tested negative for the virus, Singaporean officials say.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
Given the virus doesn't appear to spread very easily from one person to another, the passengers could quarantine at home without posing a danger to the community, Hodge and others say.
—Rob Stein, NPR, 11 June 2026
Sleeman says the good news is raptors appear to be developing somewhat of an immunity to the virus.
—John Lauritsen, CBS News, 11 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for virus
Noun
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The full suite of vaccines against childhood diseases was almost complete by 1970.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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The deadly plague is called Pierce’s disease.—
Seamus Bozeman
Follow,
Los Angeles Times,
11 June 2026
Noun
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The tech contagion spread to stocks in Asia, dragging key indexes lower.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
5 June 2026
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Would failure of a major firm trigger contagion?—
Hersh Shefrin,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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“Virus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/virus. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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