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International donors have pledged more than $4 billion this week to support vaccines for children in developing countries. Two of their primary targets? Diarrhea and pneumonia – horrible specters elsewhere in the world, much less so in this country. [+] more

Although nearly all American children get the recommended vaccinations to prevent serious diseases, many parents express concerns about the shots, and a small number refuse to have their kids inoculated, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [+] more

More than 1,000 people in California have been infected with whooping cough this year, and health officials Friday encouraged the public to get immunizations against the bacterial disease. A new law goes into effect on July 1, requiring middle and high school students to show proof that they have received a whooping cough booster shot, known as Tdap, before entering school this fall. [+] more

Bill Gates and the British Government lead $4.3 billion in donations that will help immunize more than 250 million children in the developing world by 2015, and prevent more than 4 million premature deaths.

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