The phrase 'contracting illnesses' is correct and can be used in written English.
For example, "The poor air quality in the city has resulted in many people contracting illnesses."
But there is bad news, beyond the well-publicized risks of contracting illnesses like hepatitis from unsterilized needles.
They may also be less likely to address — satisfactorily or at all — patients' questions about vaccination safety and risks of contracting illnesses, the two reasons patients give most frequently for their own VH (Yaqub et al., 2014).
Some examples of painful experiences past and present include the loss of a spouse or close family member, the knowledge of contracting illnesses such as HIV, or managing chronic pain and other acute illnesses.
To protect the mother and her puppies from contracting illnesses or diseases like canine herpes, keep her away from all other dogs in the 3 weeks leading up to her expected delivery date.
Eat lots of fruit or take supplements to get your vitamin C, get vitamin D to help your body absorb the C, use zinc drops if you feel a cold coming on, and use hand sanitizer when you're out in public to avoid contracting illnesses.
Simply invoking links between certain groups, places, or behaviours and negative connotations (such as a higher risk of contracting illness) can be stigmatising for many groups in society and therefore be responsible for a range of negative effects.
Influenza vaccines are one of the most effective ways to protect people from contracting illness during influenza epidemics and pandemics.
Conversely, some may argue that placing the next generation of doctors on the front lines as volunteers will put them at increased risk for contracting illness.
To protect the mother and her puppies from contracting illness or disease like canine herpes, confine her away from all other dogs in the three weeks leading up to her expected delivery date.
They were issued surplus clothes from World War I, had no running water, and often contracted illnesses like diarrhea.
Since routine smallpox vaccination ended in the United States in 1972, millions of Americans have contracted illnesses that in theory make them more susceptible to complications.
