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A Shot at Cancer - America's Health Checkup - TIME

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We get vaccinated against all manner of diseases — except the one we fear most. But that may be changing

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Tags: Vaccination, Chickenpox, Measles, Cancer, Sore Throat, Disease and Condition, Vaccine

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http://bit.ly/1Uyx46 Vaccines? You worked for Polio, measles and chicken pox. But will you work for cancer? Pretty please? #progress?

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