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vaccinate

[vak-suh-nayt] / ˈvæk səˌneɪt /
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give a shot to treat or prevent disease
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“Every day there are opportunities to vaccinate children and protect them that we’re missing because those vaccines aren’t yet in the field,” Fiscus said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

Nelson, who is also a nurse administrator in Washington state, said most parents vaccinate their children in the end, once they get solid information from their healthcare provider or school nurse.

From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026

In response, wildlife teams started to vaccinate birds in the colony this week, said James Todd, chief biodiversity officer for the state of Victoria in which the island lies.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

It’s a good day if I can have a conversation with someone who doesn’t want to vaccinate, even if I don’t convince them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

We imagined them liberating Angola and marching right on up the Congo River to vaccinate us all!

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

Walking into strangers' homes, Weiser says she tries her best to be respectful and non-intrusive as she vaccinates dozens of family members against the measles, sometimes around the kitchen table.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

The new U.S. vaccination guidelines are much closer to those of Denmark, which routinely vaccinates its children against only 10 diseases.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 5, 2026

Refusing to import chicken meat from the United States if it vaccinates is a tempting retaliatory measure.

From Science Magazine ● Apr. 6, 2023

Castro and Raimondo said they are suffering only mild symptoms while Schiff said he is “feeling fine” — and touted the value of vaccinates and boosters.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 6, 2022

If poor judgment is used in caring for the vaccinated hogs, and the person who vaccinates them uses careless methods, heavy losses from acute indigestion, blood poisoning, or hog-cholera may occur.

From Common Diseases of Farm Animals by R. A. Craig, D.V.M.

The majority of pediatric flu deaths in the most recent season occurred among those who weren’t fully vaccinated, according to the agency.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

The state public health department urged Californians to make sure they are vaccinated against measles — noting the disease is spreading in other parts of the country and the world.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

More than 19.8 million children in the country have already been vaccinated, but some 1,000 new suspected cases are still being reported every day.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

Unicef told the BBC that on 26 September, the government will move into an "intensified phase" of its campaign to reach children who have not yet been vaccinated.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

While forty thousand people have been vaccinated since the epidemic began, the ultimate goal is to inoculate a hundred thousand Haitians.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

A week after the Facebook page was shuttered, she said she remained undecided about vaccinating her children, explaining that she and her husband worried about possible side effects.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

But the CDC does recommend vaccinating infants when they are between 6 and 11 months old if they’re either traveling internationally or at risk of measles exposure during an outbreak.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026

It doesn’t want to spend money vaccinating children against bugs they are unlikely to encounter, even if they could be hospitalized if they do.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 6, 2026

It had previously been thought that vaccinating children against chickenpox would cause a problematic rise in the linked condition shingles, but a recent long-term study from the US disproved that theory.

From BBC ● Jan. 1, 2026

All of the other Zanmi Lasante projects in the villages around Cange had been interrupted—its programs for women’s literacy, for vaccinating children, for sanitation and clean water, for distributing condoms and other AIDS-prevention measures.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French




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