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Archive Home > 2002 > April > 20 > Vaccine shortage alters shot schedules

Vaccine shortage alters shot schedules

By Rebecca Merritt / The Bulletin
April 20, 2002

A severe shortage of the vaccine to protect against pneumonia has caused a delay in giving shots to children, while the supply of the chicken pox vaccine is at a record low.

And health care clinics across the state must delay giving the second dose of the MMR vaccine to protect against measles,....

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