The Measles: Background and Federal Role in Vaccine Policy
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This report presents basic information about measles, its history in the United States, available treatments to prevent individuals from contracting measles, and the federal role in combating measles--from funding, to research, to the authority of the federal government in requiring mandatory childhood vaccinations.
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This report presents basic information about measles, its history in the United States, available treatments to prevent individuals from contracting measles, and the federal role in combating measles--from funding, to research, to the authority of the federal government in requiring mandatory childhood vaccinations.
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Barry, Matthew B. & Cole, Jared P.The Measles: Background and Federal Role in Vaccine Policy,
report,
February 9, 2015;
Washington D.C..
(https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc501815/:
accessed July 11, 2024),
University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu;
crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.