Vaccine
noun
A substance given to people to protect them from a certain disease.
The flu vaccine is given once a year.
Often appears as...
- flu vaccine
- measles vaccine
noun
A substance given to people to protect them from a certain disease.
The flu vaccine is given once a year.
Often appears as...
- flu vaccine
- measles vaccine
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Pro Tip 1/3Preventive Purpose
Vaccines are designed to prevent, not cure diseases. They prepare the body to defend against future infections.
After the vaccine, his body could fight off the virus.
Pro Tip 2/3Common Types
Know some typical vaccines for frequent discussions about health: flu, measles, HPV are common examples.
During the outbreak, the measles vaccine was highly sought after.
Pro Tip 3/3Healthcare Context
The word 'vaccine' is often used in medical or public health contexts, especially in news or discussions about epidemics.
The government launched a vaccine campaign for all citizens.
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Bill Gates: The next...
to get information from the public and get information out to them. We have satellite maps where we can see where people are and where they're moving. We have advances in biology that should dramatically change the turnaround time to look at a pathogen and be able to make drugs and vaccines that fit for that pathogen. So we can have tools,
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What causes antibiotic...
Other scientists are investigating alternate solutions, such as phage therapy or using vaccines to prevent infections. Most importantly, curbing the excessive and unnecessary use of antibiotics, such as for minor infections that can resolve on their own, as well as changing medical practice to prevent hospital infections,
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Why We Need to Change...
why is it that this conventional wisdom that the only good bat is a dead bat isn't actually doing its purpose. So, one of the most, I think, innovative and exciting ideas we've had in the last, really, six months is whether we can replace the poison that's used in the vampiricide with an oral rabies vaccine.
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How a few scientists...
whose study of microorganisms led to the development of the first vaccines. By challenging assumptions with data-driven research, these scientists discredited an age-old theory and sparked a revolution that was incredibly beneficial to public health. But all of this raises the question,
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How do vaccines work? -...
with a hunch that this would provide the protection needed to save people from deadly outbreaks of the related smallpox virus. It was a success. The eight-year-old was inoculated against the disease and this became the first ever vaccine. But why did it work?
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Learning from smallpox:...
even without a lab test. The lack of such practical diagnostic tools for diseases with non-specific symptoms, or that have long incubation periods, such as AIDS, makes their eradication more difficult. Third, the availability of a smallpox vaccine
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Lack of data is an issue...
about it so no one came with vaccines or with medicine that was twenty years ago but millions of millions of people around the world are still uncounted like this if you believe like I do that every life counts then you can't do very
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Pamela Ronald: The case...
is no more risky than older methods of genetic modification. These are precisely the same organizations that most of us trust when it comes to other important scientific issues such as global climate change or the safety of vaccines.
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The Big Cat Keeper Goes...
experience as a keeper to good use starting at the cheetah enclosure we'll take the animals they'll go in the corridor and put them into a squeeze cage and then if you can help us we'll give them a cat flu vaccine a rabies jab
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Meet the tardigrade, the...
their anti-drying technique, to survive other stresses. If we can understand how they, and other creatures, stabilize their sensitive biological molecules, perhaps we could apply this knowledge to help us stabilize vaccines,
Video examples
Bill Gates: The next...
to get information from the public and get information out to them. We have satellite maps where we can see where people are and where they're moving. We have advances in biology that should dramatically change the turnaround time to look at a pathogen and be able to make drugs and vaccines that fit for that pathogen. So we can have tools,
Video examples
What causes antibiotic...
Other scientists are investigating alternate solutions, such as phage therapy or using vaccines to prevent infections. Most importantly, curbing the excessive and unnecessary use of antibiotics, such as for minor infections that can resolve on their own, as well as changing medical practice to prevent hospital infections,
Video examples
Why We Need to Change...
why is it that this conventional wisdom that the only good bat is a dead bat isn't actually doing its purpose. So, one of the most, I think, innovative and exciting ideas we've had in the last, really, six months is whether we can replace the poison that's used in the vampiricide with an oral rabies vaccine.
Video examples
How a few scientists...
whose study of microorganisms led to the development of the first vaccines. By challenging assumptions with data-driven research, these scientists discredited an age-old theory and sparked a revolution that was incredibly beneficial to public health. But all of this raises the question,
Video examples
How do vaccines work? -...
with a hunch that this would provide the protection needed to save people from deadly outbreaks of the related smallpox virus. It was a success. The eight-year-old was inoculated against the disease and this became the first ever vaccine. But why did it work?
Video examples
Learning from smallpox:...
even without a lab test. The lack of such practical diagnostic tools for diseases with non-specific symptoms, or that have long incubation periods, such as AIDS, makes their eradication more difficult. Third, the availability of a smallpox vaccine
Video examples
Lack of data is an issue...
about it so no one came with vaccines or with medicine that was twenty years ago but millions of millions of people around the world are still uncounted like this if you believe like I do that every life counts then you can't do very
Video examples
Pamela Ronald: The case...
is no more risky than older methods of genetic modification. These are precisely the same organizations that most of us trust when it comes to other important scientific issues such as global climate change or the safety of vaccines.
Video examples
The Big Cat Keeper Goes...
experience as a keeper to good use starting at the cheetah enclosure we'll take the animals they'll go in the corridor and put them into a squeeze cage and then if you can help us we'll give them a cat flu vaccine a rabies jab
Video examples
Meet the tardigrade, the...
their anti-drying technique, to survive other stresses. If we can understand how they, and other creatures, stabilize their sensitive biological molecules, perhaps we could apply this knowledge to help us stabilize vaccines,
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Seth Berkley
American Scientist
Vaccines are extremely cost-effective, giving kids a healthy start in life and supporting the economic and educational foundations of entire communities. They directly lead to a healthy workforce, which is so critical to long-term development and prosperity in all countries.
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will.i.am
American Musician
If you have a vaccine or an antidote that people can benefit from, you're not going to want to keep it to yourself. You're going to want to spread that wisdom or whatever to as many people as you can, so everybody can benefit from it.
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Tom Frieden
American Public Servant
We continue to recommend flu vaccine as the single best way to protect yourself against the flu. The vaccine will protect against strains covered in the vaccine, and it may have some effectiveness in the drifted strains.
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Larry Craig
American Politician
The simple truth is, the short-term solution is for the FDA to allow more importation of safe vaccines from other nations. But the long-term solution is to get more vaccine production within the U.S.
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Anthony Fauci
American Scientist
Although it is still important to develop an HIV vaccine, we have significant tools already at our disposal that can make a major impact on the trajectory of this epidemic.
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Shinya Yamanaka
Japanese Scientist
I think that the discoveries of antibiotics and vaccines have contributed to the improvement of the quality of life, making it possible to prevent contagious diseases.
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Philip Emeagwali
Nigerian Scientist
The greatest grand challenge for any scientist is discovering how to prevent the spread of HIV and finding the cure or an effective vaccine for AIDS.
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Ned Lamont
American Politician
I view receiving the COVID-19 vaccine as part of my obligation to protect myself, members of my administration, and my family.
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Judy Blume
American Author
If only there was a vaccine to protect against breast cancer, we'd be lining up - wouldn't we?
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Alex Azar
American Politician
Vaccines are safe, effective, and lifesaving.
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Seth Berkley
American Scientist
Vaccines are extremely cost-effective, giving kids a healthy start in life and supporting the economic and educational foundations of entire communities. They directly lead to a healthy workforce, which is so critical to long-term development and prosperity in all countries.
Quote examples
will.i.am
American Musician
If you have a vaccine or an antidote that people can benefit from, you're not going to want to keep it to yourself. You're going to want to spread that wisdom or whatever to as many people as you can, so everybody can benefit from it.
Quote examples
Tom Frieden
American Public Servant
We continue to recommend flu vaccine as the single best way to protect yourself against the flu. The vaccine will protect against strains covered in the vaccine, and it may have some effectiveness in the drifted strains.
Quote examples
Larry Craig
American Politician
The simple truth is, the short-term solution is for the FDA to allow more importation of safe vaccines from other nations. But the long-term solution is to get more vaccine production within the U.S.
Quote examples
Anthony Fauci
American Scientist
Although it is still important to develop an HIV vaccine, we have significant tools already at our disposal that can make a major impact on the trajectory of this epidemic.
Quote examples
Shinya Yamanaka
Japanese Scientist
I think that the discoveries of antibiotics and vaccines have contributed to the improvement of the quality of life, making it possible to prevent contagious diseases.
Quote examples
Philip Emeagwali
Nigerian Scientist
The greatest grand challenge for any scientist is discovering how to prevent the spread of HIV and finding the cure or an effective vaccine for AIDS.
Quote examples
Ned Lamont
American Politician
I view receiving the COVID-19 vaccine as part of my obligation to protect myself, members of my administration, and my family.
Quote examples
Judy Blume
American Author
If only there was a vaccine to protect against breast cancer, we'd be lining up - wouldn't we?
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Alex Azar
American Politician
Vaccines are safe, effective, and lifesaving.
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