Vaccine Safety

Back to School in a Healthy Way

Published in Health Business Week, September 14th, 2007

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Ohio is reminding parents to make sure their kids' immunizations are up-to- date as part of their back to school preparations.

In 2006 more than half of Ohio adolescents were not immunized against potentially dangerous viral diseases, including Hepatitis B, Measles, Mumps, Rubella and Chicken Pox, according to the 2006 report from the Health Plan Employer Data Information Set (HEDIS(R)).

"As we begin to prepare our children for school with new clothes and school supplies, it's also very important that they get their recommended immunizations," said Barry Malinowski, M.D., medical director for Anthem Blue Cross and...

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