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  "path": "/2026/03/02/vaccines-are-free-measles-now-costs-1-5-billion-a-year.html",
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  "textContent": "\n\nAs vaccination rates continue to plummet under the Make America Healthy Again \"personal choice\" evidence-free ideology, measles has come back with a collection agency. A new Yale analysis estimates that if MMR rates drop just 1% annually over the next five years, the United States could be looking at $1.5 billion in new medical bills, public health responses, and lost productivity. — Read the rest \n\nThe post Vaccines are free. Measles now costs $1.5 billion a year appeared first on Boing Boing.",
  "title": "Vaccines are free. Measles now costs $1.5 billion a year"
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