preventive
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Imagine a system where preventive care is covered at little or no cost, and primary care and essential medications have affordable and predictable copays.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
“When people have access to medical care through insurance, they tend to undertake activities that can help longevity, like better preventive care, better management of chronic and disabling conditions,” Cohen said.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026
Gavi said that around 55,000 frontline workers in Ituri and North Kivu have received Ervebo through previous preventive vaccination campaigns.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
Researchers believe it may eventually serve as an additional therapy alongside current cancer treatments or as a preventive measure against infection and transmission.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
Brobeck introduced such rudimentary industrial practices as preventive maintenance.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
She packs a special bag for Pepper, which includes food, water bowls, regular medications, flea and tick preventives, a litter bag, leash, collar, bedding and grooming supplies.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 4, 2023
It will also include clinical trials of treatments and preventives, which it hopes to launch by fall.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 9, 2022
That’s different from the way we typically experience vaccines: as preventives for diseases that feel controlled or even obsolete.
From Slate ● Jul. 1, 2021
Websites touting miracle cures and preventives – herbs, teas, essential oils, tinctures and colloidal silver – are prevalent.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 31, 2020
Ordinary citizens also offered advice and preventives through the town’s newspapers.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
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