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West Nile virus deaths reported in Orange and Stanislaus counties

How this story moved: how many newsrooms carried it at each run, when each one picked it up, how our summary's headline changed, and which figures and names held from the first reports to the latest. Everything here is counted from the coverage; none of it is a judgement of anyone's motives.

OUTLETS CARRYING THE STORY, RUN BY RUN

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 3 HEADLINES

25 Sep, 00:45 UTC
California counties report West Nile virus deaths as officials urge vigilance
25 Sep, 06:13 UTC
West Nile Virus Deaths Reported in Orange and Stanislaus Counties
25 Sep, 12:17 UTC
West Nile virus deaths reported in Orange and Stanislaus counties

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

Nothing ran from the first third of the coverage to the last.

Entered the story later

Nothing new took hold after the first third.