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State health officials will add flu data to its respiratory virus dashboard during the fall flu season, and in the mean time the agency recommends everyone over 6 months of age should stay up to date on COVID-19 vaccinations to protect against severe illness and current variants.
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Brooke Baitinger, Sacbee.com, 12 Sep. 2025
After initial infection, the virus lies dormant in the brain and, eventually, can lead to the destruction of infected brain cells.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
These side effects are of particular concern because the measles virus is highly contagious—an order of magnitude more than seasonal influenza.
—Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 12 Sep. 2025
The project seeks to protect against future increases in run-off, flooding and water temperatures that lead to more pathogens, viruses and natural organic matter.
—Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2025
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Brooke Baitinger, Sacbee.com, 12 Sep. 2025
After initial infection, the virus lies dormant in the brain and, eventually, can lead to the destruction of infected brain cells.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
These side effects are of particular concern because the measles virus is highly contagious—an order of magnitude more than seasonal influenza.
—Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 12 Sep. 2025
The project seeks to protect against future increases in run-off, flooding and water temperatures that lead to more pathogens, viruses and natural organic matter.
—Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for virus
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The smallest, what are called ultrafine particles, even slip through the alveolar capillary barrier itself, crossing into the bloodstream, and from there travel throughout the body, including to the heart, the brain, and the kidneys to initiate even more destruction and disease (see below).—
Bill Frist,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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But the shot has been a life-saving public health intervention against the disease, which can lead to severe health problems, including liver cancer and failure, and death.—
Annika Kim Constantino,
CNBC,
18 Sep. 2025
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Some protection from a crisis scenario that could cause contagion among the wider euro area is provided by the European Central Bank, said George Lagarias, chief economist at Forvis Mazars.—
Jenni Reid,
CNBC,
11 Sep. 2025
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Yet this era’s social media feedback loop increases the contagion.—
Gary Baum,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Virus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/virus. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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