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prevention

[pri-ven-shuhn] / prɪˈvɛn ʃən /


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By identifying these patterns while children are still developing, scientists hope to better understand who may be at greater risk and eventually improve prevention strategies.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 29, 2026

Conservationists call on the authorities to go beyond first response and implement prevention measures.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

He said £1.3bn a year was currently being spent on "failure" through negligence compensation payouts for poor maternity services, but said this investment should go towards prevention instead.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

Those who are not immunized and were exposed less than a week ago should talk to a health care provider about vaccination or immune globulin for prevention.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

This brilliant medical achievement came about by an attack that was twofold — that stressed prevention as well as cure.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

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 Sir Walter Besant




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