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This dangerous vomiting and diarrhea virus is surging across the US | Flipboard

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The provided text is a collection of news snippets and headlines from a content aggregator, primarily featuring a warning about a surge in Rotavirus cases in the US, alongside unrelated articles on liver health, television hosts, and skincare.

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3 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“A highly contagious illness that can cause severe and even deadly vomiting and diarrhea is spreading at an alarmingly high rate across the United States”
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The claim is only supported by a single cross-reference from Flipboard. The web search results provided are dictionary definitions for the word 'there' and are completely irrelevant to the claim. There is no independent corroboration from other news organizations or health authorities in the provided evidence.
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web search NEUTRAL — 4 days ago · Note: Do not confuse there, which has meanings that mostly relate to a literal or abstract location, with the words their and they're. Their has to do with what belongs to or is associate…
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/there
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web search NEUTRAL — We can use there at the start of a clause as a type of indefinite subject. This means that we can put the actual subject at the end of the clause and so give it emphasis or focus (underlined below): …
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/there
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web search NEUTRAL — You use there in front of certain verbs when you are saying that something exists, develops, or can be seen. Whether the verb is singular or plural depends on the noun which follows the verb.
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/there
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“Rotavirus, known for causing severe vomiting and diarrhea, is an illness that usually sees an increase in cases during the …”
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Multiple independent medical sources (Mayo Clinic, Buoy, and another medical reference) confirm that Rotavirus causes severe watery diarrhea and vomiting and is highly contagious.
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web search NEUTRAL — Rotavirus infections most often affect children under age 5. An infection causes watery stools, called diarrhea. Rotavirus spreads easily. Cleaning household surfaces and hand-washing can slow the spr…
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/rotavirus/sym…
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web search NEUTRAL — Learn about rotavirus symptoms (watery diarrhea, severe dehydration, fever, vomiting), diagnosis, vaccine side effects, and how long it lasts in children.
https://www.medicinenet.com/rotavirus/article.htm
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web search NEUTRAL — Rotavirus causes severe, watery diarrhea and vomiting, most commonly in infants and young children. It’s a gastrointestinal virus, and is highly contagious, though milder in older children and adults.
https://www.buoyhealth.com/learn/rotavirus
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“Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) is the world’s largest rodent species distributed throughout South America.”
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The claim is directly confirmed by Wikipedia, Britannica, and National Geographic, all of which state that Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris is the world's largest rodent and is native to South America.
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web search NEUTRAL — The biggest rodent in the world, the semi-aquatic capybara spends most of its time grazing or swimming in the nearest body of water.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/facts/cab…
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web search NEUTRAL — The capybara[a] or greater capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) is the largest living rodent, [2] native to all countries in South America except Chile. It is a semiaquatic herbivore that inhabits sav…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capybara
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web search NEUTRAL — 5 days ago · Capybara, either of two species of large semiaquatic South American rodents. Capybaras live in forests and wetlands from Panama to Argentina. The larger species, Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris…
https://www.britannica.com/animal/capybara-genus
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