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vaccine

[vak-seen, vak-seen, -sin] / vækˈsin, ˈvæk sin, -sɪn /


NOUN
injection
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Moderna and Korea University’s Vaccine Innovation Center have been working since 2023 to develop an mRNA-based hantavirus vaccine.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

The vitamin K shot is one of the three main interventions, along with the hepatitis B vaccine and an antibiotic ointment in the eyes, that newborns typically receive before leaving the hospital.

From Salon • May 7, 2026

Officials said anyone who needs a vaccine has already been contacted.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

The second vaccine dose can be taken 28 days after the first.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

This discovery meant that if HeLa was susceptible to poliovirus, which not all cells were, it would solve the mass-production problem and make it possible to test the vaccine without millions of monkey cells.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot




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