Immunization
submitted by Public Health Nurse, Kathy Wrath
Not so long ago, infectious diseases, now preventable through vaccine, were something that parents feared.
In the early to mid-1960's, an epidemic of rubella spread across North America, infecting approximately one out of every 10 pregnant women. As a result of maternal rubella, an estimated 20,000 children were born with a variety of serious health conditions including hearing loss, cardiac problems, vision loss and other evelopmental disabilities. This constellation of symptoms came to be known as congenital rubella syndrome. An estimated 37 percent... Read full story...
