But there may well be a role for the technique in the routine vaccination of animals.

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Routine vaccination e nded about 35 years ago, which would make an outbreak today truly devastating.

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And those systems can be used to help expand routine vaccination and other health activities, which means the legacy of polio eradication will live beyond the disease itself.

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Children are offered a whooping cough vaccine at two, three and four months of age as part of the routine childhood vaccination programme.

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It should be noted that routine Smallpox vaccination was halted in 1972 when it was claimed the risks of complications from the vaccination outweighed the threat of the disease.

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On Thursday, the American Cancer Society is recommending the vaccination be routine for girls between the ages of 11 and 12.

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Screening is now routine for infants, and expanded vaccination programs have helped reduce new infections, but many immigrants and AAPIs born in the US before the 1990s have never been tested.

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