radiation

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Fuel shortages are keeping doctors and nurses away from work and hospitals are canceling surgeries and delaying vaccines for children and life-saving treatments such as kidney dialysis and radiation therapy.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

The amount of radiation used is small, akin to a mammogram, and the scans typically don’t need to be repeated.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

They'll have to work out how to generate power and build habitats to protect people from extreme temperatures as well as dangerous space radiation.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

Since my diagnosis, I’ve undergone multiple rounds of radiation therapy, chemotherapy, and immunotherapy, going in and out of periods of remission, when my cancer was temporarily dormant, many times.

From Slate • Mar. 29, 2026

Workers at the plant were being exposed to high levels of radiation, and it became clear they wouldn’t be able to stay within the legal exposure limit.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland