Unvaccinated Adults Cost the U.S. More Than $7 Billion a Year

Thursday, October 13, 2016 - 09:02 in Health & Medicine

Vaccine-preventable diseases among adults cost the U.S. economy $8.95 billion in 2015, and unvaccinated individuals are responsible for 80 percent, or $7.1 billion, of the tab, according to the most comprehensive analysis to date from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Researchers at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, led by Associate Professor […]

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