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prevention

[pri-ven-shuhn] / prɪˈvɛn ʃən /


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"This brings us closer to identifying risk earlier and developing prevention strategies that are tailored to an individual's biology."

From Science Daily Sep. 14, 2026

She said that prevention work was "key" to stop young people from entering the criminal justice system and early intervention could have changed the course of her life.

From BBC Sep. 13, 2026

Knutti agreed that this was a good example of how satellite data could potentially be used for "systematic observing systems for disaster prevention that could save hundreds or thousands of lives".

From Barron's Sep. 11, 2026

Are we creating a parallel system of cancer prevention for people who can afford to buy more information?

From Slate Sep. 9, 2026

But for those not yet touched by the disease and certainly for the generations as yet unborn, prevention is the imperative need.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

U.S. taxpayers invested billions of dollars in the effort and were able, until recently, to access treatments and preventions for the virus without paying out-of-pocket for them.

From Seattle Times Dec. 7, 2023

"Epidemic preventions have been lifted...COVID-19 testing sites are mostly being dismantled... So, because right now in Chaoyang district cases are quite high, it is better to stock up on some medicines," he said.

From Reuters Dec. 7, 2022

DuckDuckGo CEO Gabe Weinberg said at the time that the reason for it was a search syndication agreement with Microsoft, and that more updates on third-party tracker preventions were coming.

From The Verge Aug. 5, 2022

As a budding health reporter, I tried to learn everything I could about Alzheimer's and wrote about new research on preventions and treatments that everyone wanted to believe had potential.

From Salon Feb. 13, 2022

Whatever cures are known, and preventions that are practiced now, could have been common knowledge centuries ago.

From The Necessity of Atheism by David Marshall Brooks




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