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September 9, 2010

An engineering method shows public health implications of various approaches to vaccine stockpiles.

Vaccination is the most important public health strategy for protection from serious illnesses such as whooping cough and polio. But this strategy relies on having an ample stockpile. Researchers have found that how these stockpiles are built and deployed has different implications for public health.

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