relapse
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Novartis said its drug reduced the annualized relapse rate and inflammatory brain lesions relative to the rival medicine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Japan will ease overtime regulation starting Tuesday in a move meant to help spur economic growth but criticised as a relapse into the country's ingrained workaholic culture.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
“What this vaccine does is reduce that risk of relapse significantly.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
The problem is that waiting for a visible relapse gives surviving cancer cells more time to evolve.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026
Worse, too-frequent relapse of memory, often in association with trigger object.
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
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But, the trial, in five NHS trust areas, found it did not stop patients suffering relapses, and some critics say there needs to be further research into its effectiveness.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
The European Commission approved Cenrifki for secondary progressive multiple sclerosis without relapses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
"If a patient relapses and needs another hospital admission, that's costly too," Mons points out.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 11, 2026
If a patient relapses or breaks a rule in a rehab facility, the knee-jerk impulse should not be to discharge them from the program.
From Slate ● Dec. 19, 2025
There were a few moments of minor relapses, like when I told her I had never belonged to the Latin Club, but on the whole she took things better than I thought she would.
From "The Pigman" by Paul Zindel
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Ward said if Rios relapsed she likely felt deep shame about it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
Future studies will use animal models and larger patient groups to better understand how drug delivery, tumor structure, and lysosomal storage interact in clinical settings, including in relapsed cancers.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 27, 2026
The Food and Drug Administration has accepted a biologics license application for anito-cel as a fourth-line treatment for patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma.
From Barron's ● Feb. 23, 2026
To the insurer, it would look like he had relapsed, which he said he had not during that time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025
He braced himself before entering his dad’s room, fearing he might have relapsed, but when he went in, a happy scene awaited him.
From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins
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In 2025, Italy became the first country to pass a national law recognising obesity as a chronic, progressive and relapsing disease.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
This allowed them to identify traces of several pathogens, including Yersinia pestis, the bacterium responsible for plague, and Borrelia recurrentis, which causes louse borne relapsing fever.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 8, 2026
Almost a decade later, the Times looks to be relapsing into bad form.
From Salon ● Apr. 6, 2026
“Obesity is a chronic, relapsing, biologically defended disease,” says Stanford.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 16, 2026
She remained abed ten years, gradually growing better, but never completely recovering, relapsing periodically into her paralytic state.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
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