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Report shows 20-year US immunization program spares millions of children from diseases - Press Release

April 24, 2014

The CDC estimates that vaccinations will 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. have been reported to have measles this year in 13 outbreaks, as of April 18.

Original Source: https://tools.cdc.gov/api/embed/downloader/download.asp?m=132608&c=308683