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Running the numbers: US vaccination rates up ever so slightly; New Jersey way below national average

By Seth Mnookin
Posted: September 1, 2011
Category: Public health, Vaccines | Tagged CDC, measles, MMR, Montana, New Jersey, United States | 8 Comments

What price will the black-ops bin Laden vaccination scheme exact on global health efforts?

By Seth Mnookin
Posted: July 12, 2011
Category: Government, Public health, Vaccines | Tagged CIA, DNA, GAVI, Ghana, hepatitis B vaccine, MMR, Muslims, Osama bin Laden, Pacific Health Summit, Pakistan, The Gates Foundation, The Guardian, UK, United States | 13 Comments

The bottom line: 42,000 deaths, 20 million cases of disease, and a net savings of $83 billion

By Seth Mnookin
Posted: July 7, 2011
Category: Public health, Vaccines | Tagged chickenpox, JAMA, lead-poisoning, motor vehicle safety, pneumococcal, rotavirus, tobacco, United States, varicella | 3 Comments
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