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People in state high-risk insurance plans often feel left behind
The federal health law set up new plans that are cheaper and more comprehensive than the older ones run by states but consumers need to go without insurance for six months to qualify.
Measles
Some doctors refusing to treat kids who have not been immunized
These pediatricians say they are worried about other patients in the waiting room, some of them too young to be immunized or with health problems that compromise their immune systems.
Get your child vaccinated now to beat back to school rush, say health officials
Getting an exemption is still possible but under a new law will require a visit to a health provider.
State kindergarten vaccination rates below national targets — CDC
State’s child vaccination rates are one of the lowest in the nation with one in twenty kindergarteners being opted out of vaccines by parents — the highest vaccine exemption rate in the country.
Roll up your sleeve: adult vaccinations
Vaccinations aren’t just for kids any more: there’s battery of adult vaccinations should be part of your health care routine.
Time to update back-to-school immunizations
Children who have not been fully immunized have fallen ill in recent whooping cough and chickenpox outbreaks in the state.
Time for back-to-school immunizations–Department of Health
Washington state health officials are urging parents to use the next few weeks to make sure their children had all the immunizations they need to attend school.
Visitor to King County had measles
Only site locally where persons were potentially exposed is the Seattle Aquarium on April 3, from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Confirmed case of measles in a King County child
People who are unvaccinated, pregnant women, infants less than 6 months-old and persons with weakened immune systems at higher risk
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