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Vaccination now required for elementary, secondary school enrollment.(Brief Article)
2002 OCT 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New Mexico and Mississippi join 38 states (plus the District of Columbia) that now require the chickenpox vaccine for day care, public school, or both. In addition, several states now have similar legislation requiring chickenpox vaccination for children entering preschool, kindergarten, or other grades.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommends vaccination for chickenpox (varicella) along with measles, mumps, rubella, polio, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, hepatitis B, and Haemophilus influenzae type B (Hib). These recommendations have focused national attention on the need to protect children from chickenpox, a potentially serious - and potentially fatal - disease.
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- Elk River Clinic Announces Chickenpox Vaccine Recall.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire March 3, 2004 700+ words
...received immunizations with varicella (chickenpox) vaccine at the clinic between Dec. 1998...one freezer containing varicella (chickenpox) vaccine that may have resulted in the loss...guardians of patients who received the chickenpox vaccine at the RiverWay Elk River Clinic...
- The HealthPartners Brooklyn Center Clinic Announces Chickenpox Vaccine Recall.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire August 20, 2002 700+ words
...received immunizations with varicella (chickenpox) vaccine at the clinic between 1995 and mid...one freezer containing varicella (chickenpox) vaccine that may have resulted in the loss...guardians of patients who received the chickenpox vaccine at the HealthPartners Brooklyn Center...
- COMMON QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ASKED BY PARENTS ABOUT THE NEW CHICKENPOX VACCINE
- Press release article from: PR Newswire May 1, 1995 700+ words
...1, the first shipments of a new chickenpox vaccine will be made to physicians. This...infected. Q. How well will the chickenpox vaccine protect my child? A. In clinical...friend who has just received the chickenpox vaccine, can my child catch the disease...
Source: HighBeam Research, Vaccination now required for elementary, secondary school...