JAMA
September 15, 2015, Vol 314, No. 11
http://jama.jamanetwork.com/issue.aspx

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Viewpoint | September 15, 2015
The Response to Ebola—Looking Back and Looking AheadThe 2015 Lasker-Bloomberg Public Service Award
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JAMA. 2015;314(11):1115-1116. doi:10.1001/jama.2015.11645.
The 2015 Lasker-Bloomberg Public Service Award is given to Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) for its bold response and leadership in fighting the Ebola outbreak in Africa. This Viewpoint describes the challenges involved in responding to this outbreak and the importance of ongoing research and preparedness efforts.

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Viewpoint | September 15, 2015
Vaccination and the Lasker Awards – Enduring Legacies
Anthony S. Fauci, MD1; David M. Morens, MD1; Hilary D. Marston, MD, MPH1
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JAMA. 2015;314(11):1119-1120. doi:10.1001/jama.2015.9807.
Dr Fauci and coauthors discuss the Lasker Awards that have been granted to scientists for discoveries underlying vaccine development.
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Since 1945, the Lasker Foundation has recognized research advances with the greatest potential to improve global human health.1 Therefore, it is entirely fitting that vaccines, which save millions of lives every year worldwide, should feature so prominently in the history of the awards. Many Lasker Awards have been granted to scientists for discoveries underlying vaccine development, from basic microbiology to specific vaccine design. More recently, public health practitioners have joined the ranks of their basic science counterparts as the Lasker Foundation has recognized facilitators of vaccine delivery to those most in need…

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