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Infographic showing estimated lives saved by childhood vaccinations worldwide from 1974 to 2024, with syringe-shaped bars for each disease. Measles tops the list at 93.71 million lives saved, followed by tetanus, whooping cough, and others, for a total of 153.84 million lives saved.

A healthcare worker wearing gloves disinfects the upper arm of a teenage girl in a clinic setting, preparing her for a vaccination. Other people are seated in the background.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wearing a dark suit and green patterned tie, seated indoors with a microphone clipped to his lapel.

A health worker wearing a blue surgical mask holds up a vial of CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccine, with the vaccine label visible in the foreground.

Corynebacterium diphtheriae (causes diphtheria).

Illustration of Clostridium tetani bacteria showing rod-shaped cells with round red spores at one end, scattered on a pale background.

Bordatella Pertussis

Painting of George Washington and officers in winter coats at a snowy Revolutionary War encampment, with Continental Army soldiers huddled around a fire.

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