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Nearly two months after a deadly, massive measles outbreak in Texas was declared over, the highly contagious disease continues to spread across the country.—
Maria Godoy,
NPR,
12 Oct. 2025 -
Because measles is such a highly contagious disease, public health experts say that at least 95% MMR coverage is needed to prevent spread.—
Deidre McPhillips,
CNN Money,
10 Oct. 2025
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To prevent fungal and bacterial infections, water the money tree at the roots, not from the top, to prevent water from getting on the leaves.—
Leanne Potts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
21 Oct. 2025
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If a fungal infection plagued your shrubs, rake up diseased leaves and dispose of them before adding a layer of mulch.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
21 Oct. 2025
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When further trained on human and virus protein interactions, PLM-Interact again outperformed existing models in predicting how viruses interact with host proteins.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Oct. 2025
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All of the World Health Organization’s regions have committed to eliminate measles by 2030, defined by the absence of local virus transmission for any period longer than 12 months.—
Deidre McPhillips,
CNN Money,
27 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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“Contagium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contagium. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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