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convalescents

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plural of convalescent

as in sufferers

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The families of the victims said the pain is still as raw to this day.

— Madisen Keavy, CBS News, 2 July 2026
Dozens of mourners were seen gathering outside the victims’ homes to offer condolences.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 1 July 2026

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Managing or controlling vending machines with vapes or nicotine products is also an offense, unless in mental health hospitals mainly for inpatients.

— Chad de Guzman, Time, 23 Apr. 2026
The hospital shuttered its emergency department on Wednesday, and then worked to transfer its inpatients to other hospitals by the end of the day Friday.

— Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2026

Definition of inpatients

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That down-to-the-toes level of care is a feature of a program that has transformed the way MLK Community Healthcare treats diabetes, a chronic condition that affects one in every six South Los Angeles residents and nearly a quarter of MLK’s outpatients.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2026
The study also found that the number of children aged fiveto 17 who were prescribed leucovorin as outpatients increased by 71 percent.

— Sara Novak, Scientific American, 5 Mar. 2026

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Doctors Without Borders health workers wearing personal protective equipment move through the isolated red zone to monitor patients, provide medical care and ensure sanitation at the Ebola Treatment Center in Munigi in Congo on June 2, 2026.

— Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 6 July 2026
Since then, South Florida patients have lost access to therapies that were working.

— Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 5 July 2026

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