as in infections
sickness that can be passed from one person, plant, or animal to another
Parents are advised to vaccinate their children against contagious diseases.
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Recent Examples of contagious diseases
That delay leaves children unprotected for longer periods of time against highly contagious diseases.
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Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
Splitting doses increases the risk that one will be skipped, reducing vaccination rates against these highly contagious diseases.
—Flavia Mangan Colgan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Oct. 2025
Monarez’s testimony will come a day before the agency’s influential vaccine panel plans to vote on whether to delay or restrict access to shots that protect children against potentially serious contagious diseases.
—Christian Orozco, NBC news, 17 Sep. 2025
To prevent outbreaks of highly contagious diseases like measles, vaccination rates need to be as high as 95%.
—Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
After Monarez's termination, resignation letters followed from CDC Chief Medical Officer Debra Houry and top officials for immunization and contagious diseases.
—Adrianna Rodriguez, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
He is currently being housed in the Rikers' facility reserved for individuals with contagious diseases and medical conditions requiring constant care.
—Chris Spargo, People.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
Splitting doses increases the risk that one will be skipped, reducing vaccination rates against these highly contagious diseases.
—Flavia Mangan Colgan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Oct. 2025
Monarez’s testimony will come a day before the agency’s influential vaccine panel plans to vote on whether to delay or restrict access to shots that protect children against potentially serious contagious diseases.
—Christian Orozco, NBC news, 17 Sep. 2025
To prevent outbreaks of highly contagious diseases like measles, vaccination rates need to be as high as 95%.
—Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
After Monarez's termination, resignation letters followed from CDC Chief Medical Officer Debra Houry and top officials for immunization and contagious diseases.
—Adrianna Rodriguez, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
He is currently being housed in the Rikers' facility reserved for individuals with contagious diseases and medical conditions requiring constant care.
—Chris Spargo, People.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for contagious diseases
Noun
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Instead, the soldiers carried bacteria that cause enteric fever and relapsing fever, two diseases that may have hastened the army’s downfall.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Oct. 2025
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Both diseases would have been deadly in the early 1800s in the absence of sanitary conditions and antibiotics.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
24 Oct. 2025
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All the vaccines available for children this year protect against three different influenza viruses (two A viruses and one B virus).—
Dr. Kristina Bryant,
Boston Herald,
21 Sep. 2025
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And a third found that the medication may have a broader antiviral effect against other respiratory viruses, including the influenza virus.—
Katia Hetter,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Contagious diseases.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contagious%20diseases. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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