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hospitalization

[hos-pi-tl-uh-zey-shuhn] / ˌhɒs pɪ tl əˈzeɪ ʃən /




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Days later, samples still available from her brief hospitalization tested positive for hantavirus, Weyer said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

Twenty-three percent said it had led to a patient’s hospitalization.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026

"We also believe that vaccines don't just prevent acute hospitalization after contracting the virus. They may also reduce the long-term fallout of severe infection, including the kind of immune scarring that can increase cancer risk."

From Science Daily • Mar. 13, 2026

“What we’re going to have,” Milhoan said, “is a real-world experience of when unvaccinated people get measles, what is the new incidence of hospitalization? What’s the incidence of death?”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

It also involves long periods of hospitalization, lots of nursing, lots of involvement of nonmedical professionals in and out of the hospital.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas




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