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Article: Oklahoma City Health Department launches immunization campaign.
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- Drug Week
- Article date:
- May 14, 2004
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2004 MAY 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Oklahoma State Department of Health has launched a campaign to encourage parents to get their toddlers fully immunized against certain diseases at an earlier age.
As many as 25,000 toddlers don't get required inoculations against three dangerous childhood illnesses between the ages of 1 and 2, a health official said April 23, 2004.
A number of Oklahoma youngsters also aren't adequately protected until they either enter a day-care center or enroll in kindergarten, the agency said.
In the "OK By One" campaign, officials are advising parents and state physicians to modify childhood inoculation ...