illness
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It is understood she died at a care home after a short illness.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
Reading it, Barr learns two things: First, that before her illness Dava carried on a lengthy love affair with a woman named Svetlana.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
The illness is highly fatal, with average fatality rates approaching 100%.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026
For many people, what matters most is being able to get out of a chair without help, carry shopping home, climb the stairs and recover quickly after illness.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026
Be careful with him always that there may be nothing to excite him of this kind for a long time to come; the traces of such an illness as his do not lightly die away.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
Thursday, cautioning of the risk of heat related illnesses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
Naomi added that Marie Curie have called for the implementation of a "social tariff" for people with terminal illnesses, to ease their financial burden.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
The new study, published in the Journal of Translational Medicine, points to striking similarities in the biology associated with five major illnesses that have traditionally been treated as largely separate disorders.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026
“The ship’s medical team is well-equipped to manage both routine and acute medical concerns of crew members,” Cao wrote to Gillibrand who also asked about illnesses and injuries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
But several studies have shown that black patients were treated and hospitalized at later stages of their illnesses than white patients.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
