How to Use vaccine in a Sentence

vaccine

noun
Definition of vaccinenext
  • There is no dengue vaccine available for adults in the US.
    — Cnn.com, The Mercury News, 28 June 2024
  • Among the same age group, more than 94% got the initial full set of Covid vaccine shots.
    — Dante Chinni, NBC News, 15 Jan. 2023
  • Here are some of the most important changes to the adult vaccine schedule in 2024.
    — Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 23 Nov. 2023
  • There’s no guarantee, of course, that the surgery and vaccine would work.
    — Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2023
  • As with any medicine, the CDC says vaccines can have side effects.
    — Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 14 May 2024
  • Here’s the latest on the ongoing RSV surge and the search for a vaccine to help prevent it.
    — Alice Park, Time, 1 Nov. 2022
  • It’s a two-dose vaccine with the doses given 28 days apart.
    — Andrew Joseph, STAT, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Older adults still may have a hard time finding the RSV vaccine.
    — Korin Miller Published, Verywell Health, 29 Oct. 2023
  • How well do these vaccines work against the newer variants?
    — Alice Park, Time, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Here are ways to find a flu shot: Enter your zip code on this vaccine finder page at vaccines.gov.
    — Julie Washington, cleveland, 30 Dec. 2022
  • The disease also has no vaccines or medicines to prevent or treat it.
    — Devika Rao, theweek, 9 Sep. 2024
  • On today's 5 Things podcast, Dr. Lee Wilke talks about whether a vaccine for cancer is on the way.
    — Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 30 Mar. 2023
  • The study found that just over half of adolescents in the United States have received two or more doses of the vaccine.
    — Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 7 Apr. 2024
  • The disease is fatal and there are no known treatments or vaccines.
    — Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2024
  • During the pandemic, Mr. Bolsonaro was one of the few world leaders who railed against the vaccine.
    — Mauricio Savarese, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Depending on the type used, your child will need two or three doses of the rotavirus vaccine.
    — Sarah Bradley, Health, 23 Oct. 2024
  • The first vaccine for RSV was approved in May and was targeted for older adults.
    — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2023
  • This new vaccine is the first of its kind to prevent this from happening, the biotech company said.
    — Simrin Singh, CBS News, 6 Jan. 2023
  • But now vaccines have become in many ways victims of their own success.
    — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
  • But that plus vaccine brings it to a higher level of protection.
    — Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2023
  • At least one vaccine, Moderna, will remain free of charge, since the company pledged to keep it free to all.
    — Fran Kritz, Verywell Health, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Older adults, ages 60 and older, can get a dose of the new vaccines developed by Pfizer or GSK.
    — Alexander Tin, CBS News, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Older children and adults are advised to get the vaccine as well as a booster every 10 years.
    — Emma Bowman, NPR, 21 Sep. 2024
  • There’s no cure, no vaccine, no way to stop this without mass destruction.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2023
  • There are also two RSV vaccines available for adults 60 and older.
    — Dr. Jade Cobern, ABC News, 23 Nov. 2023
  • These viruses come from oral polio vaccine, which is used in a number of countries.
    — Helen Branswell, STAT, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Only two were based on a physician’s diagnosis, but neither could be tied to the vaccine, the CDC says.
    — Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 8 Mar. 2024
  • It’s expected that the new autumn vaccines will work well against EG.5, experts say.
    — oregonlive, 7 Sep. 2023
  • But skepticism about the shots is widespread, with vaccine coverage typically higher in urban areas than in rural areas and lower in the South.
    — Adriel Bettelheim, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Back then, medical treatments and vaccines for infectious diseases were limited, and our family struggled to find full-time care for my younger sister as she was left with the capabilities of a small child.
    — Judy Hunter, Essence, 25 Oct. 2024

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