sickness

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One version of the molecule helped treat morning sickness in pregnant women, while its mirror image caused serious birth defects.

From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2026

Her recovery took time and she had days where she would have sickness and vertigo.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

Those prone to motion sickness — and I am one of them — likely need not be too concerned here.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

That’s when Ms. Nichter, who is Jewish, observed passengers around her ripping apart their Israeli passports, stuffing the larger scraps into sickness bags while chewing and swallowing the smaller pieces.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

When someone falls sick, a shaman can contact the spirit that caused the sickness and try to pacify it or scare it away.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari