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In Texas, Parents Fighting Vaccinations Say Their Movement Is Winning

Public health advocates hoped that the measles outbreak might persuade the reluctant to get shots. That has not turned out to be true.

Deborah Glenn, a mother of three in Fort Worth, chose not to vaccinate her children.
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Scientists Begin Testing Bird Flu Vaccine in Seals

If the results are promising, veterinarians hope to give the shots to wild Hawaiian monk seals, which are endangered.

© Loren Elliott for The New York Times

One of the pups was corralled for its shot.
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