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| May 3-9 |
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| Frontline: The Vaccine War |
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| Watch the rebroadcast of "The Vaccine War," from FRONTLINE, PBS's investigative reporting program: "FRONTLINE lays bare the science of vaccine safety and examines the increasingly bitter debate between the public health establishment and a formidable populist coalition of parents, celebrities, politicians, and activists who are armed with the latest social media tools -- including Facebook, YouTube and Twitter -- and are determined to resist pressure from the medical and public health establishments to vaccinate, despite established scientific consensus about vaccine safety." |
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| May 10-16 |
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| PKIDs: Pneumococcal |
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| One mother shares the heart-wrenching account of her family's struggles with pneumococcal disease affecting both of her young children. Abigail, her almost two-year-old daughter, died of overwhelming sepsis due to pneumococcal disease. Vaccination can prevent pneumococcal disease, which causes tens of thousands of hospitalizations and many deaths each year in the United States. |
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| May 17-23 |
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| "Denialism" and Vaccines |
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| Watch New Yorker' staff writer Michael Specter discuss his new book, "Denialism," via the TEDTalks website. He asks why we have increasingly begun to fear scientific advances instead of embracing them. |
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| May 24-30 |
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| PSA: Vaccinate to Prevent Meningitis |
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| Download and share this video (1.2 min) from the National Meningitis Association. Paul Offit, MD, is featured in the video and states "Vaccination is the ONLY way to prevent meningitis." |
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