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In a dire scenario—the deepest depths of the abyss—average lifespans in the U.S. could decline, as older people more often fall sick, and more children under 5 die.
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Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 28 Jan. 2025
Its dashboard doesn’t separate numbers by state, or break down how many people were monitored through visits with health officials, daily updates via text, or from a single call with a busy farm owner distracted as cows fall sick.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2024
Meanwhile, those with TB disease fall sick often have symptoms including chest pain, coughing up blood, fatigue, weakness, fever, chills, sweating, lack of appetite and weight loss, the CDC said.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 8 May 2024
Migrants often fall sick after being stuck in close quarters, airline workers said, and some seem fragile.
—Annie Correal Federico Rios, New York Times, 29 Feb. 2024
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Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 28 Jan. 2025
Its dashboard doesn’t separate numbers by state, or break down how many people were monitored through visits with health officials, daily updates via text, or from a single call with a busy farm owner distracted as cows fall sick.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2024
Meanwhile, those with TB disease fall sick often have symptoms including chest pain, coughing up blood, fatigue, weakness, fever, chills, sweating, lack of appetite and weight loss, the CDC said.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 8 May 2024
Migrants often fall sick after being stuck in close quarters, airline workers said, and some seem fragile.
—Annie Correal Federico Rios, New York Times, 29 Feb. 2024
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“Fall sick.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fall%20sick. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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