inoculation
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When Jenette Torres Odena's three-year-old son fell ill days after receiving a jab as part of a Philippine vaccination drive, his photograph quickly spread on Facebook alongside claims the inoculation had killed him.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
Perhaps their greatest contribution was championing smallpox inoculation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026
There weren’t vehicles to divert, underground creeks that required stabilization, majestic oaks that had to be saved or soils that required inoculation with local microbes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2025
Health experts say that the disease could be controlled or even eradicated with proper inoculation rates - generally defined as 95% of a community receiving the measles vaccine.
From BBC ● Feb. 22, 2025
Without inoculation, she said, the smallpox epidemic could easily have handed the colonies back to the British.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
Vocabulary lists containing inoculation
“About Edward Jenner” from the Jenner Institute
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