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 |  Why you SHOULD vaccinate your children. | |
Quote: Only one of the 64 infected people had been vaccinated for measles.Only one of the 64 infected people had been vaccinated for measles . . . .
Dr. Anne Schuchat, director of the CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Disease, could not be reached for comment Friday, but during a Thursday press conference, she said she expects the U.S. "to have many more cases this year than in 2001," when 116 cases of measles were reported . . . .
Before the introduction of measles vaccine in 1963, about 3 to 4 million Americans contracted the disease annually, resulting in approximately 300 to 400 deaths a year, 48,000 hospitalizations and 1,000 chronic disabilities, such as deafness and mental retardation . . . .
| Vaccinations urged amid measles outbreak | www.rgj.com | Reno Gazette-Journal
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