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Proper Storage Solutions for Vaccines
The field of medicine has enjoyed a number of great strides in the last 500 years or so, from germ theory to the development of microscopes to scalpel sterilization all the way to vaccines. Today, vaccines are essential for controlling the spread of disease and saving lives, and many studies can confirm this. Many viruses…
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The Uses of a Vaccine Refrigerator
Vaccines rank among the most important advances in the field of medicine in recent history. The invention of microscopes unlocked the world of the tiny and sterilization techniques can kill pathogens on surgical tools, but vaccines can and do save millions of lives every year from a variety of contagions. For over 200 years, vaccines…
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Are Your Children Up to Date on All of Their Required Immunizations and Vaccinations?
Information recently reported in newspapers as diverse as The Omaha World Herald and The Washington Post indicates that there is a new and expanded use for the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine. Although there is no reason that older patients are tested for this marker, there are a growing number of cases of throat and neck…