preventive
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Humana also reported improvements in preventive care, saying 663,000 more care opportunities were met and 534,000 additional members completed annual preventive visits compared with the prior year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
It also reported "comprehensive preventive and anti-epidemic measures" had been implemented, without saying what the measures were.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
Meanwhile, the annual checkup, long the cornerstone of preventive care, is faltering.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
The regional government of Baja California Sur has ordered schools to remain closed on Monday as a preventive measure.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
Well, the guy evidently hadn’t been getting the three-times-yearly preventive cleaning and lubricating, which made all the difference.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
She packs a special bag for Pepper, which includes food, water bowls, regular medications, flea and tick preventives, a litter bag, leash, collar, bedding and grooming supplies.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 4, 2023
It will also include clinical trials of treatments and preventives, which it hopes to launch by fall.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 9, 2022
That’s different from the way we typically experience vaccines: as preventives for diseases that feel controlled or even obsolete.
From Slate ● Jul. 1, 2021
Websites touting miracle cures and preventives – herbs, teas, essential oils, tinctures and colloidal silver – are prevalent.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 31, 2020
Ordinary citizens also offered advice and preventives through the town’s newspapers.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
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