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Families used to fear rubella. The virus can cause miscarriages, stillbirths, and cognitive and physical disabilities. Explore how experts and parents tried to limit rubella’s impact in the years before an effective vaccine became available.

A photograph of a white doctor administering a vaccination to a white girl, as white children look on
A photograph of a smiling white boy holding a card
An illustration of a white girl with a rash
A portrait of a white man
An open book
A chart
A photograph of two white men in lab coats
A book cover
A page of text
A photograph of a two white male doctors and a white female nurse drawing blood from two white girls
A cover of Jet magazine with a portrait of an African American woman
A cover of Ebony magazine with a photograph of a sitting white man and a standing black man
An open book
A magazine spread showing two white women in hospital beds with text above
A cover of Life magazine with a photograph of a white woman getting blood drawn
A book cover
A book cover
A photograph of a stately building
A photograph of white woman holding a white girl
A photograph of a vial of clear liquid and a box of vaccine
A photograph of people standing outside a building
Illustration that looks similar an arrow pointing to a fetus in a womb with text above
Poster of illustrated boys and girls of various races with text below
An illustration of a woman’s face and a stork beside text
An African American woman and baby in a living room
Cover of a book
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