patient
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It was shortly before the outbreak was officially declared, and she had treated a patient who later died - unbeknownst to her - of Ebola.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
The long follow-up period connected genomic research at the Sanger Institute with routine patient care at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
She is tasked with using a new device to remotely pilot the body of a brain-dead patient from California to New England, where the grieving mother of the comatose man awaits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
The center doesn’t refer to its patient as Jackie, but as “26-519,” noting in another post that regulations prohibit it from publicly referring to its charges by names.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
Quietly, he has wondered what became of his most celebrated patient.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
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Since the patients can’t tell you what’s wrong, it becomes a long process of ruling out diagnoses one by one, while providing supportive care and watching how the animal responds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026
He suspects that because these patients did not pass through general hospitals, and come into contact with those patients and medics, there was little opportunity for community transmission.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
"Vital quantities of medical consumables and supplies intended for the care of patients and the wounded were lost or destroyed," it added.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
However, around 10 percent of patients do not have any of these common genetic changes.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
Visiting TB patients cheered him up because they were all recovering.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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