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vaccinate

[vak-suh-neyt] / ˈvæk səˌneɪt /
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give a shot to treat or prevent disease
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The Southwest Utah Public Health Department struggled to persuade parents to vaccinate their children despite the disease’s spread, said David Heaton, the department’s spokesman.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 13, 2026

“I figured the hospital was already pissy with me because we didn’t vaccinate at all,” he told ProPublica.

From Salon May 7, 2026

In March 2025, Kennedy issued a statement that noted vaccines’ effectiveness in preventing measles’ spread, but stopped short of outright recommending that parents vaccinate their children.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 16, 2026

At the time, UK advisers decided a widespread NHS catch-up campaign to vaccinate teenagers was not cost-effective.

From BBC Apr. 11, 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

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

Brazil vaccinates its population against hepatitis A, but given the magnitude of this advises people to still avoid consuming water or food that might be contaminated with water from the floods.

From BBC May 25, 2024

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

From Science Magazine Apr. 6, 2023

After all, she notes, with the exception of rabies, no one vaccinates against an infectious disease in people who are already infected.

From New York Times Oct. 10, 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 Craig, R. A., D. V. M.

The team also found that vaccinated mice lacking cDC2 cells, as well as mice with both dendritic cell subtypes intact, successfully mounted immune responses and rejected tumor growth.

From Science Daily Jul. 9, 2026

Mice vaccinated with the mRNA cancer vaccine still generated strong T cell responses even when they lacked cDC1 cells.

From Science Daily Jul. 9, 2026

In the Children’s Health Defense lawsuit, Shaw says she brought her twins to a local hospital the day after they were vaccinated.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

People who have been fully vaccinated against measles in the past, or who have had the disease before, are probably protected “but should still monitor for symptoms,” officials said.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 19, 2026

During the tests he drew blood samples from the people he vaccinated, which he later examined in the laboratory.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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

Another study, based on data from Wales, found that vaccinating people against shingles may lower their risk of getting dementia by 20%.

From MarketWatch Nov. 1, 2025

The hope is that by vaccinating young children, they are not only protected from catching flu, but they will also not pass the virus on to others.

From BBC Sep. 24, 2025

They frantically tried to create an epidemiological “firebreak” by vaccinating ahead of the disease.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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