Vaccines Are Not Just For Kids

(By Anna Gorman)

This story was produced by Kaiser Health News, which publishes California Healthline, a service of the California Health Care Foundation.”

The word “immunization” has long evoked images of nervous children wincing as they get injections to protect them from measles, mumps and other diseases.

Now California’s doctors are turning their attention to adults, who haven’t been as diligent about getting their own shots. The California Medical Association Foundation, the charitable arm of the Sacramento-based physicians’ organization, published a vaccine schedule last year to inform doctors and patients about recommended vaccines for adults. Read article here……

Kaiser Health News is a nonprofit national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.

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