chronic
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These conflicts will become more common, said Hughes, as medical technology evolves, with scattered locations providing specialty care for chronic, critical and rare conditions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026
The most dramatic result involved isosteviol and duloxetine, an antidepressant prescribed to treat depression, anxiety, and certain types of chronic pain.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
They said that issues such as "chronic under-investment in forest thinning, fuel reduction, and prescribed burns, along with inadequate enforcement against arson", had not been addressed "adequately enough".
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
GSK GSK -2.04%decrease; red down pointing triangle shares fell after the U.K. drugmaker said it would stop working on an experimental treatment for chronic cough that showed limited efficacy in late-stage clinical studies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Their prison hospital X-ray machines were in a decrepit state, and there was a chronic shortage of even first-line antibiotics.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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