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illness

[il-nis] / ˈɪl nɪs /


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Vaccines prevent serious illness for many people, but the immune protection they produce can differ substantially from one person to another.

From Science Daily Aug. 21, 2026

Frightened that she may be plagued by the same mental illness that felled her mom, Gemma stubbornly refuses to believe anything is wrong.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

Oura gathers a range of health data including heart rate and sleep patterns and uses them to develop predictions and personalized insights in areas such as impending illness and menstrual cycles.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

In 2024, Buckingham Palace made Charles’ cancer diagnosis public without specifying the severity of his illness.

From Salon Aug. 20, 2026

Cynthia has conflicted feelings about her mother—she understands that Joey was forced down an unexpected path because of her illness, but she also feels abandoned, and sorrowful that they lived separate lives.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

Many factors can influence vaccine response, including age, sex, genetics, previous illnesses and underlying health conditions.

From Science Daily Aug. 21, 2026

It is among the most serious illnesses a woman can experience after giving birth, experts told the BBC, but it remains unclassified in medicine's encyclopaedia of psychiatry.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

Officials in Michigan, one state with a disproportionately large number of illnesses, said earlier this month that it had become safer to eat lettuce and salad greens as case counts started to fall.

From MarketWatch Aug. 18, 2026

Cassidy also warned that requiring families to return repeatedly increases the chance children will miss doses, leaving them — and others — vulnerable to preventable illnesses.

From Salon Aug. 16, 2026

I have got to stop tuning him out all the time; apparently, he doesn’t just talk about sports and illnesses.

From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen




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