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Published: February 7, 2008
Childhood vaccines seen as key to health
By Jim Killackey
An advisory committee of the Oklahoma Health Department is recommending — but not yet requiring — two new vaccinations for all adolescents at age 12.

One vaccine is for meningitis; the other shot covers both tetanus and whooping cough, public health authorities said Wednesday.

"These vaccines are the right thing to do. These contagious diseases represent a public health problem,” Midwest ...

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