vaccine
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Unfortunately, the strain currently spreading in Africa is a different species and there’s no effective vaccine yet.
From Salon • May 20, 2026
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
One silver linings of the 2014 Ebola epidemic was that it accelerated vaccine development, resulting in the Ervebo vaccine, which is 97.5% effective at preventing infection and has been used to contain subsequent outbreaks.
From Salon • May 20, 2026
The WHO has said it will examine the options, including a vaccine called Ervebo that targets the more common Zaire strain and has already been deployed in numerous countries.
From Barron's • May 19, 2026
“Polio is a terrible disease! It left children crippled. Killed them. Salk and his group of scientists pioneered a vaccine to prevent it. He even tested it on himself.”
From "The Fourteenth Goldfish" by Jennifer L. Holm
Vocabulary lists containing vaccine
"Laws are not the only way to boost immunization”: an editorial from Nature
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This Week In Words: February 29–March 6, 2020
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An Explanation of Herd Immunity from "On Immunity" by Eula Biss
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