No Inoculation without Representation!

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Nov 13, 201709:44Science & Medicine

Vaccinations, in one form or another, have been around longer than the United States. In fact, during the Revolutionary War in 1776, future first lady Abigail Adams pursued the controversial scientific technique to prote...

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