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CDC Urges Parents to Protect Preteens With Three Recommended Vaccines
Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, August 14th, 2007
As children approach their teen years, parents often worry about how to protect them from new risks and potential dangers. Experts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today launched a campaign to educate parents about one of the things they can do to protect their children at 11 and 12 years of age and for years to come: make sure they are vaccinated against serious, sometimes life- threatening diseases such as meningitis, tetanus, diphtheria, whooping cough, and cervical cancer.
The CDC's Preteen Vaccine campaign is designed to inform parents, caregivers, family physicians and pediatricians about CDC's new vaccination recommendations for 11- and...
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