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vaccine

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


NOUN
injection
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Pfizer boosted its guidance for the year, citing momentum in newly-launched and acquired products that helped offset declining sales for its Covid-19 vaccine and treatments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

The drug and vaccine maker said Tuesday it now projects sales of $62 billion to $64 billion this year, up from a prior outlook of $60.5 billion to $62.5 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

My reaction was simple: Sign me up for that vaccine!

From Slate ● Nov. 1, 2026

It’s unknown whether it’s something in the vaccine itself that’s offering this bonus benefit or it’s simply the effects of reduced flare-ups of the virus within us.

From Slate ● Nov. 1, 2026

The PIH-er called back with the name of an international entity called the Green Light Committee, established to control the distribution of a vaccine for meningitis.

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

Testing and treatment is under way, along with clinical trials of vaccines, it added.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

But vaccines sales came in better than the consensus anticipated, even if they declined compared with the year-earlier period, the analysts say.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Among the many challenges facing the response is the lack of any approved vaccines or treatments for the rare Bundibugyo species of Ebola behind the epidemic.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

Experts believe that the protective qualities that we associate with vaccines will work in cancer, hopefully creating lasting stretches of time before cancer comes back than what the currently available drugs can offer.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

Forms had been sent home, and Mami had told me and Delsa that we would be receiving polio vaccines.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago


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