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Chicken Pox Vaccine Exceeds Expectations
The chicken pox vaccine has performed more effectively in its first decade than researchers had predicted, a new study says, saving money and preventing illness even in adults who have not had the shot.
Since more children have become vaccinated, thousands have been spared hospitalization for severe disease and society is saving $100 million each year in hospital bills alone, according to Dr. Matthew M. Davis, the study's lead author and an assistant professor of pediatrics, internal medicine and public policy at the University of Michigan Medical School.