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Vaccines for Teens
Updated: Tuesday, 16 Mar 2010, 9:53 AM EDT
Published : Tuesday, 16 Mar 2010, 6:52 AM EDT
ORLANDO, Fla. (WOFL FOX 35) - Vaccines for Teens is a national multimedia campaign designed to educate preteens, teens and their parents about the importance of vaccination against serious, potentially life-threatening diseases.
NBA Legend and former Orlando Magic star Nick Anderson is launching the campaign in Orlando with a school assembly and media program at the Glenridge Middle School.
Tuesday, March 16, 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Glenridge Middle School, 2900 Upper Park Road, Orlando
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other leading medical groups recommend vaccination for preteens and teens against influenza, meningococcal meningitis and whooping cough (pertussis). Yet vaccination rates for all three diseases among this group remain alarmingly low in Florida , where fewer than 35 percent of teens between 13 and 17 years of age have been vaccinated against meningococcal disease and whooping cough.
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