Recent Examples on the WebThe report found four curable STIs -- chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis and trichomoniasis -- are responsible for more than 1 million infections daily among adults between ages 15 and 49.—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 21 May 2024 Four curable STIs—syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, and trichomoniasis—account for more than 1 million infections each day.—Chantelle Lee, TIME, 21 May 2024 Most cases of Lyme disease are curable with antibiotics and treatments.—Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 8 May 2024 Every year, nearly 500,000 children die from an easily curable condition: diarrhea.—Kamala Thiagarajan, NPR, 27 Feb. 2024 Some questions to ask a healthcare provider include: Is RLS curable?—Health Editorial Team, Health, 15 Mar. 2024 Still, those with curable cancers may not get a full dose; some may only have 80 percent or 60 percent of standard doses available to them.—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 21 June 2023 Fortunately, the cancers found in 30- and 40-something women were mostly early, curable tumors, said Ahmedin Jemal, senior author of the new report and the cancer society’s senior vice president for surveillance and health equity science.—Liz Szabo, NBC News, 20 Jan. 2024 Set aside plague altogether, which modern hygiene and medicine have rendered rare and curable across most of the world, and rats are still carriers of dozens of diseases with the potential to spill over to humans.—WIRED, 7 Oct. 2023
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