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vaccine

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


NOUN
injection
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It is possible that a vaccine for another species, Zaire - which the country has dealt with on numerous occasions - may offer some protection.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

No vaccine or therapeutic treatment exists for the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola responsible for the latest outbreak of the disease, which has killed more than 15,000 people in Africa in the past half century.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

Just as the scale of the DRC outbreak was becoming clear on Monday, research about a newly developed vaccine candidate was published in the journal PNAS.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

There is no vaccine for the Bundibugyo virus that caused the outbreak, unlike for other Ebola strains.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

Schools closed, parents panicked, and the public grew desperate for a vaccine.

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




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