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Arizona’s youngest kids now can benefit from COVID-19 vaccines
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Arizona’s youngest kids now can benefit from COVID-19 vaccines

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Arizona’s youngest kids now can benefit from COVID-19 vaccines

By Carla Berg|2022-06-20T14:06:29-07:00June 20th, 2022|Preparedness|

This is an exciting week for me and many other parents of young children. Following the Food and Drug Administration’s authorization of COVID-19 vaccines for children at least 6 months old, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is recommending vaccination for all children. Nearly 400,000 Arizona children in this age group are now [...]

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Childhood Obesity: Turning the Tide?

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:50:12-07:00August 15th, 2013|Prevention|

We finally got some better news from the childhood obesity public health front this week. Tuesday’s CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report found that childhood obesity rates are stabilizing or decreasing slightly across the country. In fact, 19 states had a significant downward trend in obesity prevalence among low-income preschoolers. There was no change in [...]

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