prevention
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Paracervical blocks are so effective that both the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention support using them during IUD insertion.
From Slate • Jun. 7, 2026
Screwworm is endemic in South America and parts of the Caribbean, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned that 1.4 million Africans could be infected by early 2015 if the outbreak wasn’t halted.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
The International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness estimates that $30 billion is lost in productivity from preventable or curable eye diseases in India alone.
From Barron's • May 27, 2026
I wasn't a bit frightened of the Prevention of Cruelty to Children people, but there was always a chance that Mr Stringer, the Manager, might pop his head round the door.
From "The Witches" by Roald Dahl
Vocabulary lists containing prevention
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