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vaccine

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


NOUN
injection
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Regular vet and vaccine visits typically run him about $200 annually for both cats, but that can easily double or triple if one cat gets sick, he says.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 5, 2026

The tumor has to be sequenced to identify the mutations the vaccine should target.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

Some public health experts have feared this would disrupt or delay vaccine approvals.

From Salon Sep. 2, 2026

The World Health Organization has in the meantime recommended the implementation of a phase three clinical trial using the Ervebo vaccine deployed against the Zaire strain.

From Barron's Sep. 2, 2026

He carries a huge plastic paramedic pack and a giant gunlike thing that we always pretended was some kind of vaccine syringe.

From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick

The biggest jump in recent years happened just after lockdown, beginning in May 2021, one month after all adults became eligible for vaccines nationwide.

From Slate Sep. 6, 2026

The Vaccine Integrity Project, for example, concluded that the newest versions of the COVID, RSV and flu vaccines work at reducing severe illness, hospitalization and death, they concluded in the journal JAMA.

From Salon Sep. 2, 2026

She funded medical research that led to one of the first Covid-19 vaccines, donated to wildfire victims and even helped the once-endangered bald eagle, America's national bird.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

Driven by the rare Bundibugyo species of the virus -- for which there are no vaccines or treatments -- the outbreak is the biggest in the DRC's history.

From Barron's Aug. 24, 2026

The fact that the virus mutates rapidly means that vaccines for it will be very difficult to develop.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston




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