Top Vaccine-Preventable Diseases
1. COVID-19
2. Measles
3. Whooping Cough (Pertussis)
4. Flu
5. Polio
6. Pneumococcal Disease
7. Tetanus
8. Meningococcal Disease
9. Hepatitis B
10. Mumps
11. Hib (Haemophilus Influenzae Type B)
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SOURCES:
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
National Foundation for Infectious Diseases.
Vaccines.gov.
World Health Organization.
CDC.
World Health Organization: “Coronavirus disease (COVID-19).”
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