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vaccinate

[vak-suh-neyt] / ˈvæk səˌneɪt /
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give a shot to treat or prevent disease
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"When you think about the people who are choosing not to vaccinate their children, these are also the people that have medical hesitancy in general," she told AFP.

From Barron's Jul. 24, 2026

Gillison said it was better to vaccinate early to prevent future HPV infections.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

UK advisers have said a widespread NHS catch-up campaign to vaccinate all teenagers against MenB is not cost-effective but will keep that decision under review.

From BBC Jun. 12, 2026

“I figured the hospital was already pissy with me because we didn’t vaccinate at all,” he told ProPublica.

From Salon May 7, 2026

We imagined them liberating Angola and marching right on up the Congo River to vaccinate us all!

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

The new U.S. vaccination guidelines are much closer to those of Denmark, which routinely vaccinates its children against only 10 diseases.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 5, 2026

Brazil vaccinates its population against hepatitis A, but given the magnitude of this advises people to still avoid consuming water or food that might be contaminated with water from the floods.

From BBC May 25, 2024

Refusing to import chicken meat from the United States if it vaccinates is a tempting retaliatory measure.

From Science Magazine Apr. 6, 2023

Castro and Raimondo said they are suffering only mild symptoms while Schiff said he is “feeling fine” — and touted the value of vaccinates and boosters.

From Washington Post Apr. 6, 2022

If poor judgment is used in caring for the vaccinated hogs, and the person who vaccinates them uses careless methods, heavy losses from acute indigestion, blood poisoning, or hog-cholera may occur.

From Common Diseases of Farm Animals by Craig, R. A., D. V. M.

The cats are all fixed, vaccinated, tested for FIV/Felv, microchipped and treated for fleas and worms.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2026

The experts looked at several studies, including one which showed that three out of four non-human primates vaccinated with Ervebo survived Bundibugyo, compared with one out of four control animals.

From Barron's Aug. 7, 2026

It means they can catch casual shoppers who "pop their head around the door" and decide on a whim to get their child vaccinated.

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

The team also found that vaccinated mice lacking cDC2 cells, as well as mice with both dendritic cell subtypes intact, successfully mounted immune responses and rejected tumor growth.

From Science Daily Jul. 9, 2026

But doing this would require millions of neutralization tests, which involved mixing blood serum from newly vaccinated children with live poliovirus and cells in culture.

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

In response to a query from Murthy, Fauci wrote that there was “no data or theoretical reason” to prefer vaccinating early over later in pregnancy.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

It doesn’t want to spend money vaccinating children against bugs they are unlikely to encounter, even if they could be hospitalized if they do.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 6, 2026

Another study, based on data from Wales, found that vaccinating people against shingles may lower their risk of getting dementia by 20%.

From MarketWatch Nov. 1, 2025

The COVID-19 vaccine recommendations from the West Coast Health Alliance include vaccinating all children 6 months to 23 months and those 2 years old to 64 years old with risk factors.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 17, 2025

They frantically tried to create an epidemiological “firebreak” by vaccinating ahead of the disease.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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