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WNBA Legend Lisa Leslie Joins Vaccines for Teens Educational Campaign to Help Dallas/Fort Worth Teens take Their Best Shot at Health as Part of NBA Cares All-Star Community Caravan

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, February 28th, 2010

As part of the NBA Cares All-Star Community Caravan, WNBA Legend and Vaccines for Teens spokesperson Lisa Leslie, NBA Cares, and WNBA Cares teamed up with the Society for Adolescent Medicine (SAM) today to bring Vaccines for Teens to the Dallas/Fort Worth community. Vaccines for Teens is a national multimedia campaign designed to educate teens and their parents about the importance of vaccination against serious and potentially life-threatening diseases.

To tip off the campaign locally, Ms. Leslie appeared at the William James Middle School in Fort Worth, Texas to urge parents of preteens and teens to discuss adolescent vaccinations with their family...

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