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vaccine

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


NOUN
injection
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Still, there’s no cure or vaccine for either hantavirus or the specific Bundibugyo strain of Ebola currently ripping through Africa.

From Salon • May 20, 2026

No vaccine or specific treatment exists for the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, responsible for the new outbreak, which Congolese authorities say is suspected to have killed more than 130 people.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

More than 90% of patients have been unvaccinated or have unknown vaccine status.

From Salon • May 20, 2026

The inquiry also recommended reforming the vaccine damage payment scheme, arguing that higher payments and a fairer eligibility system were needed for the small number of people harmed.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

The halfway technology that was evolving for poliomyelitis in the early 1950s, just before the emergence of the basic research that made the vaccine possible, provides another illustration of the point.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas




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