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  "slug": "disease-outbreak",
  "title": "Disease Outbreak",
  "canonical_url": "https://signalmeaning.com/signals/disease-outbreak/",
  "json_url": "https://signalmeaning.com/data/signals/disease-outbreak.json",
  "summary": "Public-health and food-safety reporting (deadly outbreak, cyclosporiasis cases, national jalapeño salmonella recalls) is driving searches about disease outbreak and guidance.",
  "why_now": "Multiple outlets are simultaneously reporting different but related public-health items (deadly outbreak details, local outbreak cases, and product recalls), concentrating attention and prompting immediate searches.",
  "evidence_summary": "Sustained reporting on outbreaks and consumer food recalls typically leads to public-health search spikes and local/national guidance-seeking behavior.",
  "caveat": "Signal Type: Local News / Civic Event",
  "collected_at": "Wed, 12 Aug 2026 08:40:00 -0700",
  "signal_type": "Local News / Civic Event",
  "score": 68.0,
  "score_field": "adjusted_score",
  "state": "PUBLISH",
  "evidence": [
    "Deadly disease outbreak kills 2,000 as experts reveal what Americans should know - Fox News",
    "What to do as Maine reports first cases of cyclosporiasis tied to national outbreak - The Portland Press Herald"
  ],
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    {
      "label": "Deadly disease outbreak kills 2,000 as experts reveal what Americans should know - Fox News",
      "source": "Fox News",
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    }
  ],
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