Immunization Program
Parents Encouraged to Get Timely Vaccinations for Children
Unfounded Fears About Safety of Vaccines Scaring Some
Parents Away
April 17, 2008 - Denver - Officials from the Colorado
Department of Public Health and Environment are reminding
parents ahead of National Infant Immunization Week, April
19-26, to make certain their children are vaccinated against
disease.
Continued.
Children’s Hib Vaccine Recalled by Producer
December 13, 2007—Denver—Yesterday, pharmaceutical
company Merck & Co. recalled
approximately 1 million doses of a children’s Haemophilus b
Conjugate
(Hib) vaccine as a preventative measure due to “lack of
assurance of
product sterility.” Providers are advised not to administer
any
additional doses of the recalled vaccine. The U.S. Centers
for Disease
Control and Prevention, in a conference call yesterday with
state health
department officials around the country, said the recalled
vaccine does
not present a health threat and no adverse events have been
reported
following vaccination with the recalled vaccine. This
vaccine is not
linked to the influenza vaccine.
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Flu Clinics Start in Boulder County
Community flu clinics are now being scheduled. Check the Colorado Flu Website at
www.immunizecolorado.com or
call 1-877-462-2911. You’ll find all you need to know:
locations, dates and times, costs, ages immunized, types of
vaccines provided, types of insurance accepted, and if an
appointment is required.
Boulder County Public Health
clinics have flu
shots available for children 6 months through 18 years of age. The
flu shot contains thimerosal and can be given to any child 6 months
and older. Nasal spray flu vaccine does not
contain thimerosal and it can be given to healthy children 2 years
and older.
Children’s flu immunizations cost $14 and are provided
on a walk-in basis only.
Please call ahead to make sure that flu vaccine or
intranasal flu spray is available. Sorry, we won't have flu vaccine for adults.
Three More Immunizations Required for School Entry in
Fall 2007
Three more immunizations will be required for
school beginning in the fall of 2007. Now is the best time
to schedule immunization appointments for your children to
avoid long waits at doctor’s offices in the fall.
More.
Colorado's Childhood Immunization
Rate Reported for 2006
August 30, 2007—Denver—Colorado's rate for fully
immunizing the state's children, from birth to age 35
months, declined from 83.4 percent in 2005, to 80.3
percent in 2006, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease
Control and
Prevention. In a ranking of all 50 states, Colorado declined
from 16th
highest in 2005 to 30th highest in the percentage of
immunized children.
The national average on childhood immunization rates stayed
fairly
constant at 80.8 percent in 2005, compared to 80.6 percent
in 2006.
More.
BCPH is Now Offering the HPV
Vaccine
The Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine is now
available at BCPH immunization clinics. The HPV vaccine
prevents most cervical cancers in women, and is recommended
for all girls and women, ages 9 through 26. The complete
immunization series consists of three shots given over a
6-month period. HPV vaccine costs $14 per shot for girls 9 through 18 years of age, and costs $150
per shot for women 19 through 26 years of age.
More
Boulder County Public Health Working to Stop Spread of
Contagious Disease
January 18, 2007, Boulder — The incidence of a
highly contagious disease has been on the rise across the
country for the past two decades. The same has been true for
Boulder County, where incidence rates have been 4 to 15
times the national rate.
More
More Evidence that Vaccines are Safe
Summer 2006 — A recent study published in the journal Pediatrics,
provides further evidence that vaccines are safe. A survey of over 27,000
Canadian children born between 1987 and 1998 showed that there is no
relationship between the preservative thimerosal or the
measles/mumps/rubella (MMR) vaccine and developmental disorders, such as
autism. More
Hepatitis A
Vaccination Recommended
May 1, 2006, DENVER — Dr. Ned Calonge, Colorado’s chief medical
officer who is based at the Colorado Department of Public Health and
Environment, Monday said that getting two doses of Hepatitis A
vaccination is a good idea for individuals with chronic liver diseases,
such as hepatitis B or hepatitis C, because the vaccine can prevent
additional liver damage. More
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