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hospitalization

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




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A day after arriving at the jail, the claim says, Magaña suffered an unspecified medical emergency that required hospitalization at the Los Angeles General Medical Center.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026

The three-time Olympian said she was “in bed resting” and would “explain sooner or later” what had led to her hospitalization, while thanking the people closest to her for their support.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

Current laws set the bar so high for involuntary hospitalization that a person in psychosis often has to be suicidal or homicidal before they can get the help they need.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

The Vaccine Integrity Project, for example, concluded that the newest versions of the COVID, RSV and flu vaccines work at reducing severe illness, hospitalization and death, they concluded in the journal JAMA.

From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026

By the end of the first week of Sasha’s hospitalization, Debbie and Karl had returned to work part-time, arriving at the hospital every afternoon around two p.m. and staying into the evening.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater

It is too early to predict how these early trends might impact the rest of the flu season, particularly in terms of severity of the virus, hospitalizations and deaths.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Walker’s illness — which included seizures and frequent hospitalizations — prevented her from traveling out of state, said Molly Duane, one of the family’s attorneys.

From Salon ● Sep. 17, 2026

While it is painful and frustrating, shingles rarely leads to hospitalizations and causes fewer than 100 deaths a year in the U.S., according to the CDC.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

The number of heart failure-related hospitalizations was higher than the number of newly diagnosed heart failure cases because hospitals may enter a variety of related diagnostic codes.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 29, 2026

Local police acknowledged that no significant level of violence was associated with crack in Seattle and that other drugs were causing more hospitalizations, but steadfastly maintained that their deployment decisions were nondiscriminatory.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander


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