Although flu seasons can vary in disease severity, the virus mutates so unpredictably that pandemic flu seasons – like those in 1918, 1957, 1968 and 2009 – are a recurring possibility.
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Katrine L. Wallace,
The Conversation,
24 June 2026
Measles mutates slowly enough that researchers can in many cases search for essentially the same strain when tracking its movements.
But as Gingras and Khelfaoui argue in the their preprint, removing the two papers distorts the historical record.
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Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
28 June 2026
Progressives across the country have spent years arguing that unlimited outside spending distorts democracy, empowers wealthy interests, and undermines trust in government.
All About Love by bell hooks Author bell hooks redefines love as an active practice rooted in care, compassion, and commitment rather than romance or desire.
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Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
26 June 2026
Smartphone Deals The Galaxy Z Fold 7 redefines the foldable experience by being wider and slimmer than its predecessors, while offering 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage to support its massive 8-inch main screen.
Leaders who build these practices into how AI gets deployed now safeguard their organizations from a culture where AI supplants human reasoning rather than supports it, and from the performance costs that follow.
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Chris Rosenberg,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
The new tool – called Alexa for Shopping – supplants Rufus, the shopping assistant bot that summarized product reviews and suggested purchases.
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