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It's Important for All Texas Children to Be Fully Vaccinated--Including against 'Invasive Pneumococcal Disease' (English-Language)
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MOMS AND DADS: CHILDREN UNDER TWO ARE AT HIGHER RISK FOR VACCINE-PREVENTABLE
DISEASES--SUCH AS "INVASIVE PNEUMOCOCCAL-DISEASE"--DUE TO THEIR STILL-DEVELOPING IMMUNE-SYSTEMS.
A SURVEY BY "PARENTS"-MAGAZINE AND "PFIZER" FOUND THAT ONLY ONE-THIRD OF NEW OR EXPECTANT PARENTS ARE KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT THE DISEASE.
AND, NEARLY ONE-IN-FOUR HAVE NEVER HEARD OF IT. DOCTOR JAIME FERGIE--DIRECTOR OF INFECTIOUS
DISEASES, AT "DRISCOLL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL" IN CORPUS
CHRISTI--EXPLAINS...
(FERGIE):
"DOES 'INVASIVE
INFECTIOUS-DISEASE' SOUND SERIOUS? IT IS SERIOUS: 'INVASIVE
PNEUMOCOCCAL-DISEASE' CAN INCLUDE 'PNEUMOCOCCAL MENINGITIS'--AS WELL AS A BLOODSTREAM-INFECTION.
EVEN AN EAR-INFECTION CAN SOMETIMES DEVELOP INTO 'INVASIVE PNEUMOCOCCAL-DISEASE'.
PNEUMOCOCCAL BACTERIA ARE SPREAD BY CLOSE CONTACT, THROUGH COUGHING."
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TALK TO YOUR HEALTHCARE-PROVIDER, TO LEARN MORE ABOUT VACCINE-PREVENTABLE
DISEASES--AND THE "C-D-C"-RECOMMENDED IMMUNIZATION-SCHEDULE FOR CHILDREN.
FIND OUT MORE AT "BABY-PNEUMOCOCCAL-FACTS"-DOT-COM.
A MESSAGE FROM "PFIZER".
For this report in
Spanish, click here.
