Vaccination 
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SOURCE: The Conversation
2-16-16
Story of the Week: The man who developed a vaccination for smallpox
by Andrew George
Was his smallpox experiment really unethical?
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3-18-15
When Did Mandatory Vaccinations Become Common?
by Cristina Valldejuli
Anti-Vaxxers are upset with mandatory Measles vaccinations. But mandatory vaccinations have a long history in the United States.
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SOURCE: The New Republic
2-6-15
The Puritans Were America's First Anti-Vaxxers
by Peter Manseau
The anti-vaccine movement today is not solely a religious in character, but much of its rhetoric is identical to theological arguments made against inoculation more than three hundred years ago.
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10-27-14
Fear of illnesses from abroad is nothing new
by HNN Staff
The word quarantine -- French for forty days -- dates to the middle ages.
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11-4-13
Peter C. Doherty: Pandemics Have Had "Enormous Influence" on History [INTERVIEW]
by Robin Lindley
The Nobel Prize-winning immunologist has just published "Pandemics: What Everyone Needs to Know."
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