• Pox parties, also known as flu parties, are social activities in which children are deliberately exposed to infectious diseases such as chickenpox. Such...
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    to know which child will have a serious case, experts say. "Chicken Pox parties do more harm than good, says doctor". KSLA News 12 Shreveport, Louisiana...
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  • Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party is an American historical novel for young adults written by M. T. Anderson...
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  • The Gomantak Lok Pox (GLP; in English: Goa People's Party; in Portuguese: Partido Popular de Goa) was a political party in the Indian state of Goa. In...
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    another to know if any of their family has a mind to have the small-pox. They make parties for this purpose, and when they are met (commonly fifteen or sixteen...
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    the National Book Award for Young People's Literature in 2006 for The Pox Party, the first of two "Octavian Nothing" books, which are historical novels...
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    2012. Altman L (18 March 1995). "After Long Debate, Vaccine For Chicken Pox Is Approved". New York Times. Archived from the original on 29 September...
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  • Homer invites all the neighborhood kids over to the Simpson house for a "pox party". Having no childhood immunity, he ends up catching it himself by drinking...
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  • has influenced the concept of other traditional practices, such as "pox parties", in which children are intentionally exposed to diseases like chickenpox...
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  • (first vaccine to target a cause of cancer) 1984 – First vaccine for chicken pox 1985 – First vaccine for Haemophilus influenzae type b (HiB) 1989 – First...
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