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prevention

[pri-ven-shuhn] / prɪˈvɛn ʃən /


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"That has real implications for how we design prevention strategies and interventions, because some things are more consistent across places than we might expect."

From Science Daily Jul. 13, 2026

FAHA, chief medical officer for prevention for the American Heart Association, said the findings add to growing evidence that oral health and heart health are closely connected.

From Science Daily Jul. 13, 2026

The report's authors said their findings were consistent with two other studies and, when taken together, provided "strong evidence that the MenB vaccine is not effective for gonorrhea prevention".

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

The idea was to embed prevention specialists within targeting teams and foster a culture that prioritizes civilian security in accordance with U.S. law and international rules of war.

From Salon Jul. 7, 2026

We need an effective system of crime prevention and control in our communities, but that is not what the current system is.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

U.S. taxpayers invested billions of dollars in the effort and were able, until recently, to access treatments and preventions for the virus without paying out-of-pocket for them.

From Seattle Times Dec. 7, 2023

Ms Clarke said she would be writing a preventions of future deaths report, raising the following concerns:

From BBC Oct. 13, 2023

"Epidemic preventions have been lifted...COVID-19 testing sites are mostly being dismantled... So, because right now in Chaoyang district cases are quite high, it is better to stock up on some medicines," he said.

From Reuters Dec. 7, 2022

DuckDuckGo CEO Gabe Weinberg said at the time that the reason for it was a search syndication agreement with Microsoft, and that more updates on third-party tracker preventions were coming.

From The Verge Aug. 5, 2022

Certain preventions, rather than remedies, of which there were none, were now employed by the Mayor.

From The History of London by Besant, Walter, Sir




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