Vaccines

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World's first malaria vaccine program launched in Africa

U.S. measles cases approach highest level in 25 years

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Measles, mumps, rubella vaccines now available in Rite Aid pharmacies nationwide

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You definitely want to avoid most fried and frozen foods when battling the flu, study suggests

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Anti-vaxxers appear to be losing ground in the online vaccine debate

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Already more U.S. measles cases this year than all of 2018

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No debate: Vaccines are the key to public health

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Children's Health

Does it make sense to delay children’s vaccines?

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Mumps outbreak spreads to Drexel University, Abington Senior High School

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Expanding mumps outbreak likely just beginning, Temple health director says

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Children's Health

The anti-vaccination movement is about more than autism

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Children's Health

Amazon avoids the 'misinformation pipeline' by removing books touting autism cures

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Mumps outbreak at Temple University may have spread to Ambler campus

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Facebook takes first steps to combat anti-vaxxing movement

Facebook Takes Steps to Combat Vaccine Misinformation

Children's Health

Protecting children or vexing anti-vaxxers?

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Promising research suggests a universal flu vaccine could be near

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Vancouver measles outbreak linked to father who didn't vaccinate due to autism concerns – report

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Measles outbreak sends vaccine demand soaring, even among the hesitant

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The HPV vaccine is still super important — here's why

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Children's Health

Measles: Why it's so deadly, and why vaccination is so vital

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A proposal to reduce vaccine exemptions while respecting rights of conscience

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Anti-vaxxers listed among top global health threats for 2019

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Will I always face the threat of a peanut-laden kiss of death?

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As medical misinformation infects the internet, doctors seek a cure

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Countering misinformation about flu vaccine is harder than it seems

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41 percent of Americans don't plan on getting their flu shots this year

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Why did the flu kill 80,000 Americans last year?

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Last flu season was deadliest in four decades

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CDC says get a flu shot before the end of October

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Prenatal whooping cough vaccine does not increase risk of autism, study says

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Cancer Research

Penn's tumor vaccine shows promise to fight cancer in early tests

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Vaccine denial – 'a big problem' – among topics at weeklong Penn Teach-In

Vaccination rates

Report: In Philadelphia, HPV vaccination rate lags behind other youth vaccines

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Philadelphia children receiving CDC-recommended vaccines in greater numbers

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Here's why we're all going to get the flu

Penn study pinpoints why last year's flu shot was a dud

A lot of the internet’s anti-vaxxers are coming from Pennsylvania's affluent communities, study shows

Thomas Jefferson University gets $30M contract to develop Ebola vaccine

Don't let autism-fearing hipster millennials kill off dog vaccinations

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