communicable diseases

The Foundation of our Health Care System has Changed: New England Journal

February 3, 2012 - Yesterday’s New England Journal has a brief history of acute infectious diseases and a plea for continued vigilance. It declares how such diseases played an important part in the history of medicine and celebrates success in combating them through vaccination and scientific research. Although it somewhat overstates the benefits due to medical advance, it appropriately recognizes that our current medical system was founded when such diseases became understood and began to be dealt with.

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