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[dohs] / doʊs /


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Researchers compared patients who received at least one dose of the recombinant shingles vaccine, known as RZV or Shingrix, with patients who remained unvaccinated.

From Science Daily Aug. 25, 2026

Currently the lowest dose Wegovy pill available is 1.5 milligrams for the starter dose, with patients able to work their way up to the highest 25-milligram dose over time.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

The relationship varies with the dose, how it was consumed, frequency of use and individual biology, experts say.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

Those include versions that are considered higher dose or “adjuvanted,” which helps trigger a stronger immune response.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

She drove him out of the room and out of the house; and Digory came running down the stairs just in time to see the front door dose behind them.

From "The Magician's Nephew" by C. S. Lewis

After four years of follow-up, adults who had received at least one of the two Shingrix doses were substantially less likely to receive a dementia diagnosis.

From Science Daily Aug. 25, 2026

The study will run into 2028, testing two low doses of Wegovy, and follows the company disclosing recently that uptake of the pill had been particularly strong for its lowest doses across self-paying patients.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 24, 2026

Ideally, the H5N1 vaccine should be administered in two doses with a gap of three-to-four weeks, Todd said.

From Barron's Aug. 20, 2026

John Hamilton, of Ark Vet Centre in Lockerbie, said they had 20,000 doses of the vaccine in stock at the start of the week but "that disappeared over 48 hours".

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

While small doses of radiation may do some damage, they are unlikely to affect enough atoms to cause real trouble.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

Note: Each circle represents the date a Chinese treatment was granted clinical-trial approval, dosed its first patient or was granted ethics-committee approval.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

Intellia said that the patient who died had been dosed with nex-z on Sept. 30.

From Barron's Nov. 7, 2025

This summer's recovery from back surgery has been more dosed in reality, though.

From BBC Apr. 10, 2025

The pins, and the dosed paper that resulted, followed a compact grid, which took the form of five tight rows of 20 columns each—the “5-20” pattern slyly referred to above.

From Slate Apr. 17, 2024

Her arms dosed over the swell of her belly.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

For patients who exercise an hour or more every day, he has been able to move them to longer dosing intervals once they hit their goal weight, according to his research.

From MarketWatch May 18, 2026

She also noted the risk of contamination and a lack of dosing standardization, which apply to all peptides people are buying online without prescriptions.

From The Wall Street Journal May 11, 2026

"With sufficient justification, appropriate dosage form, and dosing regimen, creatine may eventually be recognized as an over-the-counter therapeutic agent rather than merely a dietary supplement."

From Science Daily May 4, 2026

It also aims to extend dosing and leverage its alliance with Regeneron to bring new drugs to market, the analysts say.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 28, 2026

“It’s a pleasure, Colonel,” Colonel Cathcart replied, and he stepped back out of the basement, dosing the door after him.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller




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