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‘I have the best job in the world’; Doctor offers mobile medicine to homeless kids
A little girl laughs in an exam room and then, feeling the prick of a needle, buries her face in her mother's shoulder and cries as she's vaccinated against the H1N1 flu strain. She and 14 other children might not have been unanimously enthusiastic about the flu clinic Dr. Randy Christensen offered recently at the UMOM New Day Shelter. But Darlene Newsom, the shelter's CEO, said the care Christ[...]
Panel: Fear, misinformation hamper efforts to immunize minority groups against H1N1
Safety fears, misinformation and a distrust of doctors hamper efforts to persuade members of minority groups to get vaccinated against the H1N1 flu strain, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials told ethnic media leaders Nov. 5.
Poll on H1N1 suggests that public health officials battling perception problem
A recent poll suggesting that many Arizonans don't plan to get vaccinated against the H1N1 flu strain reflects a misconception that could leave many people at risk, a state health official said Oct. 30. "Most people don't understand that the virus is very dangerous," said Dr. Karen Lewis, medical director of the Arizona Department of Health Services Immunization Program.
CDC: 3 out of 4 toddlers in Arizona getting recommended vaccinations
Three out of four Arizona toddlers are getting a recommended series of vaccinations, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
