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‘Protect our children’: Vaccine expert on why immunization remains crucial

HEALTHBEAT

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free Atlanta newsletter here. The Task Force for Global Health’s Center for Vaccine Equity, based in Decatur, has a worldwide view of efforts to eradicate infectious diseases like polio, measles, and hepatitis B. Could you talk about your public health background?

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How America Lost Control of the Bird Flu, Setting the Stage for Another Pandemic

KFF Health News

” To understand how the bird flu got out of hand, KFF Health News interviewed nearly 70 government officials, farmers and farmworkers, and researchers with expertise in virology, pandemics, veterinary medicine, and more. health security system that would allow other risky new pathogens to take root, too. Case in point: The U.S.

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How America lost control of the bird flu, setting the stage for another pandemic

HEALTHBEAT

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeats free national newsletter here. To understand how the bird flu got out of hand, KFF Health News interviewed nearly 70 government officials, farmers and farmworkers, and researchers with expertise in virology, pandemics, veterinary medicine, and more. Case in point: The U.S.