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The article focuses on a report which was released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on January 23, 2009. The report was concerned with the case of five young children who were reported to the Minnesota Department of Health after they were found to have invasive Haemophilus influenzae type B disease and were also found to not have been immunized against the disease. A discussion of research which the Minnesota Department of health conducted in an effort to determine the percent of children who had been properly immunized is presented. A shortage of vaccines which was seen in Minnesota in 2008 is discussed.

Reports on the progress made in eliminating Haemophilus influenzae Type b among infants and children in the United States. Haemophilus influenzae Type b (HIB) as the cause of serious invasive diseases among children aged less then five years; Creation of vaccine and surveillance done on its administration; Surveillance being coordinated by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); Statistics regarding cases of HIB from 1987-1997; Findings.