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Health providers stress vaccinating infants, young children
Posted: 04.27.2011 at 10:34 PM
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Local health care providers are stressing the importance of vaccinations against childhood diseases during National Infant Immunization Week
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Southwest Health District officials discuss the importance of immunizing children for National Infant Immunization Week

In 2010, the United States reported more than 21,000 cases of whooping cough, mostly in children younger than six months old, including in Southwest Georgia.

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