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Daily Report: Health and Welfare, K–12

Incoming 7th-graders must be vaccinated for whooping cough

August 3, 2012, 12:05 AM

With a new school year on the horizon, state health and school officials are reminding families that all incoming seventh-graders must be vaccinated for whooping cough before returning to class. The requirement ensures that all middle and high schoolers in the state will be immunized against... + read more

Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Sleep linked to vaccine effectiveness, study says

August 2, 2012, 12:05 AM

Lack of sleep won’t just saddle you with unsightly bags and dark circles under your eyes: It also can make you more susceptible to disease. New research from a team of California and Pennsylvania scientists has found a direct link between sleep and the effectiveness of... + read more

Daily Report: Health and Welfare

State falls six months behind reporting on infection control

September 9, 2010, 12:05 AM

The state department that is more than six months late in publicly reporting about health worker flu vaccines has also failed to publicly report other hospital infection-related data called for in a 2006 law. A report issued by Consumers Union last week [PDF] points out that the state... + read more

MORE ON: vaccination

Incoming 7th-graders must be vaccinated for whooping cough

Sleep linked to vaccine effectiveness, study says

State falls six months behind reporting on infection control

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