vaccination
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In 1798, English physician Edward Jenner introduced a safer and more effective smallpox vaccination derived from cowpox.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
According to media reports, the study used hospital patients’ vaccination status to calculate the success of the season’s vaccine, a method long used to determine flu vaccine effectiveness.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026
Jefferson used his political power as president to make the government a major player in encouraging smallpox vaccination around the country.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
Meg had been vaccinated against meningitis strains A, C, W and Y when she was 14 through the NHS vaccination schedule but not MenB, as this is only offered to young children born after 2015.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
The Army therefore yanked her out of the vaccination program.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
Vocabulary lists containing vaccination
“About Edward Jenner” from the Jenner Institute
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Life Science: Human Systems
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"Laws are not the only way to boost immunization”: an editorial from Nature
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