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prevention

[pri-ven-shuhn] / prɪˈvɛn ʃən /


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"We must establish a comprehensive prevention system to address the cybersecurity crisis," he added.

From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026

For now, Malaysia has agreed to explore a memorandum of understanding with Indonesia to strengthen wildfire prevention efforts.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

Such an approach could eventually make Alzheimer's prevention more similar to cardiovascular prevention, where cholesterol measurements help doctors estimate future heart attack risk and determine who may benefit from treatment.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

Tokyo's government has a 68-page disaster prevention guide, external, which details what to keep in an emergency kit and what to do in certain emergency situations.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

A year later he became director of WHO’s HIV/AIDS department, focusing on initiatives to help poor countries scale up their treatment, prevention, and care programs.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

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

Ms Clarke said she would be writing a preventions of future deaths report, raising the following concerns:

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 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

It would be the worthiest occupation of mind to ascertain the conditions propitious for this meeting of the nations in their new home, and to provide preventions for obvious dangers that attend it.

From Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. by Margaret Fuller


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