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Protect Your Kids from Serious Diseases
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We want to give you accurate information about how you can protect your children from diseases that can be prevented by immunizations. There are many challenges your child will face in life. A disease that is preventable doesn't have to be one of them.
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Before the chickenpox immunization, about 11,000 people were hospitalized for chickenpox each year in the United States.
Learn more about varicella (chickenpox)
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About 6.2 million people become infected every year with HPV. HPV is the main cause of cervical cancer in women. There are about 11,000 new cervical cancer cases and about 1,900 men get HPV-related penile and anal cancers each year in the United States.
Learn more about HPV
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Each year, rotavirus is responsible for more than 400,000 doctor visits, more than 200,000 emergency room visits and about 20 - 60 deaths among children in the United States.
Learn more about rotavirus |
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More than 20,000 children under age 5 are hospitalized due to the seasonal flu every year in the United States.
Learn more about influenza |
Protect your child by contacting your health care provider or our Public Health Clinic: (509) 324-1600
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