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'A political division, not a physical one, determined who got measles and who didn't': How a 1970 outbreak revealed a stark divide in state healthcare

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In this adapted excerpt from his book Booster Shots, pediatrician and infectious disease specialist Dr. Adam Ratner looks at a historical measles outbreak in Texarkana, a city at the border of Texas and Arkansas. In the outbreak, the side of the state line people happened to live on determined your fate.

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'A political division, not a physical one, determined who got measles and who didn't': How a 1970 outbreak revealed a stark divide in state healthcare

In this adapted excerpt from his book Booster Shots, pediatrician and infectious disease specialist Dr. Adam Ratner looks at a historical measles outbreak in Texarkana, a city at the border of Texas and Arkansas. In the outbreak, the side of the state line people happened to live on determined your fate.

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