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Recent Examples of virus
Testing showed that bacteria that causes Lyme disease was highest in adult female ticks from Fairfield County, with around 68% positive, and in nymphs from New Haven County, with around 32% positive for the virus, according to CAES.
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Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 25 Mar. 2026
Florida hospital emergency departments are no longer jammed with COVID patients, and the virus is no longer as deadly.
—Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 25 Mar. 2026
But medication doesn’t eradicate the virus.
—Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 24 Mar. 2026
When the Covid-19 pandemic hit, scientists identified the virus, deciphered its secrets, concocted a vaccine, put it into production, and rendered the disease manageable – all within a year.
—David Blumenthal, Fortune, 24 Mar. 2026
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Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 25 Mar. 2026
Florida hospital emergency departments are no longer jammed with COVID patients, and the virus is no longer as deadly.
—Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 25 Mar. 2026
But medication doesn’t eradicate the virus.
—Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 24 Mar. 2026
When the Covid-19 pandemic hit, scientists identified the virus, deciphered its secrets, concocted a vaccine, put it into production, and rendered the disease manageable – all within a year.
—David Blumenthal, Fortune, 24 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for virus
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Burning coal produces fine particles that lodge deep in the lungs and bloodstream, raising the risk of heart disease, stroke, lung cancer and chronic respiratory disease, according to the World Health Organization.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
25 Mar. 2026
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Houry points to recent public health threats caused by vaccine preventable diseases, on which Kennedy has not given the typical response of promoting vaccines.—
Pien Huang,
NPR,
25 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Other analysts have also flagged potential contagion risks around underlying exposures to the Iran war.—
Joseph Wilkins,
CNBC,
25 Mar. 2026
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Is the sound an airborne contagion, or something everyone could always hear or sense that’s only now being unbottled?—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
25 Mar. 2026
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“Virus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/virus. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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