Deadly disease is coming back — doctors say they haven’t seen it for ‘years and years’

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“A deadly vaccine-preventable disease is making a comeback.”

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“Prior to a vaccine being readily available, nearly 20,000 children were affected by the illness, resulting in permanent brain damage and 1,000 deaths per year, according to the CDC.”

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The DPT vaccine or DTP vaccine is a class of combination vaccines to protect against three infectious diseases in humans: diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough), and tetanus (lockjaw). The vaccine com…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Haemophilus influenzae (formerly called Pfeiffer's bacillus or Bacillus influenzae) is a Gram-negative, non-motile, coccobacillary, facultatively anaerobic, capnophilic pathogenic bacterium of the fam…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Haemophilus influenzae type B vaccine, also known as Hib vaccine, is a vaccine used to prevent Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) infection. In countries that include it as a routine vaccine, rat…
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“The CDC reported last week that the percentage of babies who received a full series of Haemophilus influenzae type b shots fell slightly from 78.8% to 77.6% between 2019 and 2021.”

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The DPT vaccine or DTP vaccine is a class of combination vaccines to protect against three infectious diseases in humans: diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough), and tetanus (lockjaw). The vaccine com…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Haemophilus influenzae type B vaccine, also known as Hib vaccine, is a vaccine used to prevent Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) infection. In countries that include it as a routine vaccine, rat…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Lyme disease, also known as Lyme borreliosis, is a tick-borne disease caused by species of Borrelia bacteria, transmitted by blood-feeding ticks in the genus Ixodes. It is the most common disease spre…
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“As of March 21, the CDC had logged eight cases so far this year: two in Ohio, two in New York and one case each in Kansas, North Carolina and Tennessee.”

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Haemophilus influenzae (formerly called Pfeiffer's bacillus or Bacillus influenzae) is a Gram-negative, non-motile, coccobacillary, facultatively anaerobic, capnophilic pathogenic bacterium of the fam…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A hexavalent vaccine, or 6-in-1 vaccine, is a combination vaccine with six individual vaccines conjugated into one, intended to protect people from multiple diseases. The term usually refers to the ch…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Haemophilus influenzae type B vaccine, also known as Hib vaccine, is a vaccine used to prevent Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) infection. In countries that include it as a routine vaccine, rat…
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“Three to four Hib shots (depending on which brand they get) are recommended for all kids under age 5 by the agency.”

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“Studies have shown the full series is at least 93% effective in preventing the bacterial illness.”

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“It’s not just Hib vaccines that are on the decline, though, as vaccination rates continue to drop across the nation for several diseases, including measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) and polio.”

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“Doctors who have been trained in the past 40 years have never seen a case before.”

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Deadly disease is coming back — doctors say they haven’t seen it for ‘years and years’

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