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Opinion: Let's Lift the Roadblocks to Vaccinations

(Nov. 17) -- With the flu season just getting under way, it's a good time to ask this question: In an age of readily available vaccines, why are so many Americans dying of preventable diseases? About 200,000 will be hospitalized and 36,000 will die of the flu between now and when the flu season ends in May. In...

Whooping Cough Epidemic Hits California

(June 24) -- California health officials report whooping cough has reached an epidemic level in the state, with five babies dying of the highly contagious disease and a surge in the number of infections on pace to break a 50-year record. The state Department of Health announced that 910 cases of whooping cough -- or...