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Article: Pennsylvania Secretary of Health Reminds All Parents to 'Be Wise, Immunize Your Children'
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- April 27, 2009
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To: STATE EDITORS
Contact: Stacy Kriedeman of the Pennsylvania Department of
Health, +1-717-787-1783
National Infant Immunization Week is April 25 - May 2
YORK,Pa., April 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --To kick off National
Infant Immunization Week, Pennsylvania Health Secretary Everette
James today stressed the need for all parents to fully immunize
their children against preventable diseases.
"We've recently seen an increase in vaccine preventable diseases
such as whooping cough, meningitis and measles -- all of which can
cause severe illness in children and can spread rapidly to others,"