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  • Vaccines for Adults

    Vaccines aren’t just for kids. Thousands of adults go to the hospital each year for a serious (sometimes even deadly) disease they might have avoided if they had received the vaccination to prevent it.

  • Vaccines for Kids

    Vaccines activate the immune system, training it to fight off certain viral and bacterial infections.

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