FDA approves combo vaccine against five childhood diseases

Tuesday, December 17, 2002

WASHINGTON -- Parents, expect fewer screams in the pediatrician's office: A new vaccine that promises to cut out six of the 20 injections that babies get before age 2 won federal approval Monday.

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