Employees will receive it through campus mail, and there will be drop box locations at the cafeteria and UH lobby for others who wish to pick up a copy. The scourges of polio, measles, whooping cough and other diseases have been all but eradicated as a result of widespread if not mandatory pediatric immunization. And despite some controversy about vaccination, the overall health benefits outweigh any extremely rare adverse reactions. Gary Freed, M.D., director of the Division of General Pediatrics, urges parents not to become complacent about their children's immunizations.
Vaccines are safe.
They strengthen the immune system. Freed said a new vaccine for bacteria streptococcus pneumonia, which is common in children under age 2 and the leading cause of meningitis, is due out this summer. He also reminds adults to get their 10-year tetanus boosters and annual flu shots. The Second Annual Betty Ford Breast Cancer Symposium for the Patient is on July 29 at the Power Center. The keynote speakers are actors Jill Eikenberry and Michael Tucker.