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Dr. Anne Schuchat discusses the impact of public health interventions and vaccines on meningitis in children.

In the 1980s, pediatricians often were called to evaluate febrile children for meningitis—a disease that could mean lifelong disability, or death. Today, that scene is dramatically less common, thanks to public health interventions championed by the CDC and lifesaving vaccines recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. Dr. Anne Schuchat paused her clinical career to join CDC’s Epidemic Intelligence Service, which turned into decades of leadership at the CDC, including se...

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Host: William Trick

Guest: Dr. Anne Schuchat

Topics covered

• public health
• vaccines
• meningitis
• pediatrics
• CDC
• health interventions

Keywords

• meningitis
• public health
• CDC
• vaccines
• pediatrics
• health interventions

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CDC, Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices

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