curable
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Active TB disease is treatable and curable with appropriate antibiotics if it is identified promptly; some cases require hospitalization.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026
A new scientific breakthrough in the field of Alzheimer’s research is raising hopes that the cruel, crippling and fatal brain disease may eventually become curable.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 29, 2025
While it isn't curable, antiviral medication developed in the '90s means that patients can live long and healthy lives.
From BBC • Nov. 29, 2025
Cancers that were considered death sentences not long ago—e.g., advanced melanoma, non-small-cell lung and blood cancers—are now curable.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 16, 2025
"Free from curable sickness. "And working a job—" "Or working the fields close to home, so families can live together.”
From "Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti" by Frances Temple
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