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prevention

[pri-ven-shuhn] / prɪˈvɛn ʃən /


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Paul Foster, the NCA's cyber prevention lead, says hacking has become "more of a problem"

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

The new policy preserves the benefits of life-sciences research while defining the areas of greatest risk, including prevention of accidental or intentional lab leaks, and penalties for irresponsible practices.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

In the latest analysis, researchers examined whether long-term weight loss and lifestyle-based diabetes prevention produced different results across these risk groups.

From Science Daily Jul. 28, 2026

It was during this era that the federal government began funding teen pregnancy prevention programs, and they have proven remarkably effective.

From Slate Jul. 28, 2026

On January 4, I’ll be running in the Disney World Marathon in support of the Diabetes Action Team—a nonprofit organization committed to the prevention and treatment of diabetes.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

U.S. taxpayers invested billions of dollars in the effort and were able, until recently, to access treatments and preventions for the virus without paying out-of-pocket for them.

From Seattle Times Dec. 7, 2023

"Epidemic preventions have been lifted...COVID-19 testing sites are mostly being dismantled... So, because right now in Chaoyang district cases are quite high, it is better to stock up on some medicines," he said.

From Reuters Dec. 7, 2022

DuckDuckGo CEO Gabe Weinberg said at the time that the reason for it was a search syndication agreement with Microsoft, and that more updates on third-party tracker preventions were coming.

From The Verge Aug. 5, 2022

As a budding health reporter, I tried to learn everything I could about Alzheimer's and wrote about new research on preventions and treatments that everyone wanted to believe had potential.

From Salon Feb. 13, 2022

Whatever cures are known, and preventions that are practiced now, could have been common knowledge centuries ago.

From The Necessity of Atheism by Brooks, David Marshall




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