CDC report showed 20-year US immunization program spared millions of children from diseases
On Apr. 24, 2014, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimated that vaccinations prevent more than 21 million hospitalizations and 732,000 deaths among children born in the last 20 years.
Despite the U.S. immunization program’s success, according to CDC officials, 129 people in the U.S. were reported to have had measles in 13 outbreaks, as of Apr. 18, 2014.
Tags:
Source: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Credit:
