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The Unhealthiest State in America Has the Best Vaccination Rate

Mississippi Miracle

A 6-year-old boy in the state and a clever legal argument in 1979 combined to make Mississippi the nation’s leader in childhood vaccines.

Paul Offit
Paul Offit
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Photo Illustration by Sarah Rogers/The Daily Beast
Paul Offit

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