It's disappointing to see serious reporting like this saddled with a clickbait title like "This disease has killed a million trees in California, and scientists say it’s basically unstoppable."
I guess basically, it doesn't seem like the name of the disease is really the point of the article.
It's not a situation where the title might obscure which disease is causing the problem. There's one problem.
And "sudden oak death" is sort of a fake name anyway.
His writing is usually decent. His headlines are pathetic. I've been hoping he'd stop for years. He hasn't.