The English name of the disease comes from the Greek word for coal, because anthrax infections of the skin typically form ulcers with coal-black centers known as eschars.
Vaccines have helped mankind to tackle the dire threat of infectious disease for more than a hundred years.
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Located in GVRL, this encyclopedia documents the effect on Western society across the four centuries of the second plague pandemic, balancing medical history and technical matters with historical, cultural, social, and political factors.
Vaccines are biological substances that cause the human immune system to build up its defenses against specific diseases. Public health officials recommend a series of vaccines for all children, as well as some vaccines for teenagers and adults. But not everyone gets the vaccines they need.
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