cured

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The original Berlin patient, Timothy Ray Brown, was the first person declared cured of HIV back in 2008.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

Classifying a patient as cured also allows them to avoid intrusive, and sometimes painful, screening tests, like bone marrow biopsies.

From Slate • Mar. 29, 2026

“Cancer is cured, the economy grows at 10% a year, the budget is balanced—and 20% of people don’t have jobs,” he told Axios.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

“This is no longer a disease that can only be cured with money.”

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026

“I cured his stomachache with a blackberry root, but he forgot that.”

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff