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Article: GOV. BLAGOJEVICH ENCOURAGES PARENTS TO MAKE SURE THEIR CHILDREN HAVE ALL RECOMMENDED VACCINES DURING NATIONAL INFANT IMMUNIZATION WEEK
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- April 18, 2008
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Gov. Rod Blagojevich, D-Ill., issued the following press release:
Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich is asking every parent in Illinois to make sure their children have been vaccinated against 14 serious diseases during National Infant Immunization Week which begins tomorrow. In the U.S., vaccines have reduced or eliminated many infectious diseases that once routinely killed or harmed many infants, children and adults. While Illinois is currently at a record or near record low in the number of cases of vaccine-preventable diseases, the viruses and bacteria that cause them still exist. Even diseases that haven't been seen in the U.S. in more than 20 years, like polio, are only a plane ride away.
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