curable

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Active TB disease is treatable and curable with appropriate antibiotics if it is identified promptly; some cases require hospitalization.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026

A new scientific breakthrough in the field of Alzheimer’s research is raising hopes that the cruel, crippling and fatal brain disease may eventually become curable.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 29, 2025

The former teacher and father of three told the BBC that if men were offered regular screening from the age of 50, his disease might have been caught when it was still curable.

From BBC • Nov. 20, 2025

Cancers that were considered death sentences not long ago—e.g., advanced melanoma, non-small-cell lung and blood cancers—are now curable.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 16, 2025

"Free from curable sickness. "And working a job—" "Or working the fields close to home, so families can live together.”

From "Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti" by Frances Temple