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Recent Examples of poliomyelitis
Polio, or poliomyelitis, is a highly infectious viral disease that largely affects children under age 5 that is mainly spread through contact with human fecal matter.
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Hyder Abbasi, NBC News, 11 Aug. 2022
Polio, or poliomyelitis, is a viral disease that affects the nervous system.
—Fox News, 23 July 2022
Polio, short for poliomyelitis, is highly contagious and spreads via person-to-person contact even when the original contagious patient doesn't show symptoms.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 22 July 2022
Polio, or poliomyelitis, is a crippling and potentially fatal infectious disease, which invades the nervous system and spreads mainly through contamination by fecal matter.
—Adela Suliman, BostonGlobe.com, 23 June 2022
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Hyder Abbasi, NBC News, 11 Aug. 2022
Polio, or poliomyelitis, is a viral disease that affects the nervous system.
—Fox News, 23 July 2022
Polio, short for poliomyelitis, is highly contagious and spreads via person-to-person contact even when the original contagious patient doesn't show symptoms.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 22 July 2022
Polio, or poliomyelitis, is a crippling and potentially fatal infectious disease, which invades the nervous system and spreads mainly through contamination by fecal matter.
—Adela Suliman, BostonGlobe.com, 23 June 2022
See all Example Sentences for poliomyelitis
Recent Examples of Synonyms for poliomyelitis
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But if temporary paralysis would suffice, Monsó asks, why does the possum bother with its far more elaborate display?Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
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Post Post Share Save Buy Copies Print Talk to a group of business strategists today, and many will tell you that their organizations are in a state of decision paralysis, overwhelmed by the implications of several of rapidly developing trends — AI, IoT, digitization, and 3D printing to name a few.Kaihan Krippendorff Robert C. Wolcott, Harvard Business Review, 23 Oct. 2024
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Kayla, who didn't have the same extensive complications as her brother, does have mild cerebral palsy and some learning disabilities.Susan Young, People.com, 31 Oct. 2024
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Their son, Isaac, had been diagnosed with cerebral palsy and autism.Seth Freed Wessler, ProPublica, 29 Oct. 2024
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His mother, Marylin Joan Wilson-Moore, died because of multiple sclerosis and a heart condition in 2020.Janine Rubenstein, People.com, 2 Nov. 2024
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Garr died at the age of 79 due to multiple sclerosis, which was first diagnosed in 1999.Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2024
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No serious side effects were reported during the trial period, but once the vaccine was released, Swiss officials saw a concerning uptick in cases of Bell’s palsy, a disease that causes weakness or paralysis of the facial muscles, often leading to a drooping or disfigured face.Stephani Sutherland, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
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Researchers at the University of Zurich estimated that the adjuvanted flu vaccine had increased the risk of contracting Bell’s palsy by about 20 times, and the vaccine was discontinued.Stephani Sutherland, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
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“Poliomyelitis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poliomyelitis. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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