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Last year, a group of American scientists found that reading just one anti-vax Facebook comment about the HPV jab - given to teenagers - was enough to make some parents hesitate.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
The Singapore-based Hilleman Laboratories announced on Thursday it would advance the rVSV Bundibugyo jab so it can be tested on humans during clinical trials.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
Kurosawa takes the opportunity for a friendly jab.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
The Ervebo vaccine needs to be stored at ultra-low temperatures, however the new Bundibugyo jab is hoped to last for months in normal refrigerators, making it cheaper and easier to deploy to remote areas.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
He cried out as another jab of pain shot along his arm.
From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville
Characters deliver jabs at “Jeff Bozos” and the Epstein class while slyly revealing you shouldn’t trust their takes, either.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
"Two jabs a year to target 'silent killer'," leads the Daily Express, saying the treatment "may help millions of people control their high blood pressure better".
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
The researchers say newer obesity treatments - such as GLP-1 jabs and pills - might help, alongside healthy eating advice.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
According to the salon owner, when she was invited to join the cast of “RHOSLC” in 2021, she wasn’t prepared for the jabs that would be aimed at Trujillo or the toll it would take.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
“I didn’t say I’d be fighting over you. I’m only throwing jabs if she come at me with some nonsense.”
From "Pride" by Ibi Zoboi
Supporters say these policies capture the "casual refuseniks" - people who aren't particularly opposed to vaccination, but simply don't make the effort to get their child jabbed.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
Then an allergist jabbed him with a needle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 2026
Both fists — little and big — jabbed the air.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2025
It was also possible that he accidentally jabbed himself, through his gloves, on a needle or a patient’s teeth.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2025
Bess jabbed her finger at one of the names: Kevin Garcia!
From "Scream for Ice Cream: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #2" by Carolyn Keene
For rock fans, “Boston” had it all—dramatic guitar solos, powerful lead vocals, a jabbing bass line, thrashing drums and catchy songs with a smart blend of pop and metal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
He loved to say it on the stump with his trademark snarl and jabbing finger.
From Salon ● Dec. 11, 2025
At SoFi, though, I much preferred the former, which she sang while jabbing at a sparkly pink electric guitar and which sounded like Courtney Love fronting Josie and the Pussycats.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2025
She delivered her comic broadsides at high speed, jabbing her points home like a street-fighter.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2024
That fluttering shadow before my eyes was his jabbing left hand.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
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