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Dr. Peter J. Hotez

Dean, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine

Dr. Peter Hotez is Director of the Sabin Vaccine Institute and Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development and Dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine. He is also a board member of The Immunization Partnership.

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Without immunization, Texas could see a return of the plagues

By Dr. Peter J. Hotez, Oct. 27, 2015

Texas is now vulnerable to an infectious disease crisis that could become far more dangerous and deadly than Ebola: the return of childhood diseases we once thought eliminated.