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Last year, a group of American scientists found that reading just one anti-vax Facebook comment about the HPV jab - given to teenagers - was enough to make some parents hesitate.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
The Ervebo vaccine needs to be stored at ultra-low temperatures, however the new Bundibugyo jab is hoped to last for months in normal refrigerators, making it cheaper and easier to deploy to remote areas.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
The Singapore-based Hilleman Laboratories announced on Thursday it would advance the rVSV Bundibugyo jab so it can be tested on humans during clinical trials.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
Kennedy was put off by a different jab.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
Malloy barked as I threw my right jab at this kid, Jamaal Crowder.
From "When I Was the Greatest" by Jason Reynolds
It's part of a health visitor's job to remind parents about vaccines and, in some cases, administer jabs directly.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
According to the salon owner, when she was invited to join the cast of “RHOSLC” in 2021, she wasn’t prepared for the jabs that would be aimed at Trujillo or the toll it would take.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
After three unsuccessful jabs with a tiny lancet, I had yet to produce enough blood to fill a circle on a collection card.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Around 10,000 people in the Kent region will have already received jabs, as part of the response to the March outbreak.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
Jeanine jabs one of the buttons with her finger, and everything goes dark.
From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth
Convenience plays a big role, she says; vaccination rates are highest when parents regularly interact with medics, who can remind them to get their children jabbed and tell them exactly where to do it.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
Mid-vows, “Madonna jabbed her middle finger upward,” J. Randy Taraborrelli wrote in “Madonna: An Intimate Biography.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
It was also possible that he accidentally jabbed himself, through his gloves, on a needle or a patient’s teeth.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2025
Ariel Courage’s debut is a fork jabbed into the electric socket of America.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2025
She jabbed a finger toward a cute, dark-skinned boy from her history class.
From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake
The artist and buyer were nonconformists, jabbing at, well, something.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 18, 2026
He loved to say it on the stump with his trademark snarl and jabbing finger.
From Salon ● Dec. 11, 2025
At SoFi, though, I much preferred the former, which she sang while jabbing at a sparkly pink electric guitar and which sounded like Courtney Love fronting Josie and the Pussycats.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2025
She delivered her comic broadsides at high speed, jabbing her points home like a street-fighter.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2024
“Ali,” the boy said, jabbing his fists high in the air as a sign of victory.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
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