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The Vaccine Enterprise: Time To Act

Vaccines have led to some of the greatest achievements in public health and are among the most cost-effective health interventions. Mass immunization programs have resulted in the global eradication of smallpox and the elimination of polio from the Western Hemisphere, Europe, and much of Asia, while vaccines for diseases like measles, pertussis, and diphtheria have dramatically reduced childhood mortality worldwide. In the United States, record-high levels of immunization have been achieved for young children, and in March 2005 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that rubella, or German measles, is no longer a health threat in the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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