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Topic: pathogens

Virus spore in an ice cube (Getty Images/Yingko)

Prepping for diseases from melting ice

Carlyn Zwarenstein
Exterior view of a Walmart store (Kena Betancur/VIEWpress via Getty Images)

The deadly pathogen sold at Walmart

Nicole Karlis
Bonnie Castillo, executive director of National Nurses United, speaks during a news conference at the National Nurses United offices on March 05, 2020 in Oakland, California. The National Nurses United held a news conference to express concerns that the Centers for Disease Control is not doing enough to help protect and test healthcare workers who are exposed to patients with the COVID-19 virus. (National Nurses United; Coronavirus)

"Hospitals are unprepared" for COVID-19

Nicole Karlis
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How plant pathogens are like hackers

John Herlihy - The Conversation
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Infection lapses rampant in nursing home

Jordan Rau - KFF Health News
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Hints of North Korea's Anthrax stockpile

Nicole Karlis
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Joy Reid: This Trump policy is "insane"

Charlie May
Pathogens in lettuce can't be washed away (KPG_Payless)

Lindsay Abrams
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Lindsay Abrams
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