Alaska state law requires children to get vaccinated against multiple serious diseases to attend school, but it’s about more than keeping students and their classmates healthy, said the chief medical officer for SEARHC.
“You’re protecting your community,” said Juneau-based Dr. Cate Buley, a family medicine practitioner with 21 years of experience at SEARHC.
Vaccinations are an effective tool to prevent disease throughout the community, she said. “What we really worry about is our babies and our elders.”
With the start of the school year just a week away, students are coming into the Wrangell M...
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