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Measles, rubella and polio: The return of preventable diseases

The Hill With outbreaks of previously eradicated measles leading the news for months, more epidemics may be in store for the U.S.

As vaccination rates among children continue to plummet, concerns are rising over the potential for infectious diseases to spread rampantly in the coming years and decades. Research published in the medical journal JAMA suggests a continued decline could lead to millions of infections from diseases currently considered under control or eradicated.

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