immunization

State health officials suspect California's big measles outbreak last year helped persuade parents to get their kids immunized against other illnesses, too.

The whooping cough epidemic in Washington is nearly over – but not soon enough for a baby in King County. The newborn was Washington’s first fatality this…

The percentage of kindergartners in Washington who are fully vaccinated has gone up slightly, since a new law took effect making it harder to opt-out.A…

The federal government’s top health officers are making an appeal to the Northwest’s medical community to boost vaccination rates. The deputy director of the Centers for Disease Control’s immunization branch spoke at a public health conference in Coeur d’Alene Friday as part of the national campaign.

Doctors across the country are saying they might fire you as a patient if you refuse to let your child be immunized, according to a few stories that have…

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/kplu/local-kplu-976911.mp3Parents who are hesitant about giving their children all the required…