Albuquerque Journal newspaper stories
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ABQJOURNAL HEALTH: Challenges in public health lurk
... in distribution of vaccines. Vigil pointed out that pre-U.S. public health practitioners such as New Mexico's curanderas gave the first immunizations here, vaccinating thousands of 19th-century New Mexicans against smallpox. I asked Vigil what he thought would be the challenges of ...
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ABQJOURNAL NEWS/STATE: Immunization Rates Up With Medicaid
... for preventive care for children, Waitzkin said. Deteriorating immunization rates could reflect worsening access to primary care physicians, because immunizations are tied to children being taken to doctors, he said. "Childhood immunizations are important because they're sort of a sentinel for preventive ...
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ABQJOURNAL NEWS/STATE: Medicaid Enrollment Boosts NM Vaccinations
... for preventive care for children, Waitzkin said. Deteriorating immunization rates could reflect worsening access to primary care physicians, since immunizations are tied to children being taken to doctors, he said. "Childhood immunizations are important because they're sort of a sentinel for ...
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ABQJOURNAL OPINION/LETTERS: Letter To the Editor
... that do it well — like Betty Ford, who allowed us to talk openly for the first time about breast cancer, and Rosalynn Carter, who championed immunizations — can count saving lives as a very tangible part of their legacies. Alice King was that kind of leader by bringing children issues ...
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ABQJOURNAL HEALTH: Project getting flu vaccine to more kids
... with a placebo, in a study conducted on children ages 15 months to 7 years, according to the CDC. The vaccines aren't part of required immunizations, Busemeyer says, and parents at participating schools can opt out of the program. The Department of Health worked with school districts to ...
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ABQJOURNAL NEWS/METRO: VA Offers Health Assistance Online
... and people to contact. They can also list their military health history, medications, tests and results, illnesses, accidents, treatments and immunizations. The site also shows patients how to set up Health E-Logs where they track their blood pressure, blood sugar, cholesterol, weight, heart ...
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ABQJOURNAL BIZ/METCALF: Health clinic art draws raves from state
... the shopping center at 6911 Taylor Ranch NW with three employees and the potential for five more. In addition to WIC services, the clinic provides immunizations by appointment and help with Medicaid applications. More services will likely be added in the future. While the artistic upgrades at ...
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ABQJOURNAL HEALTH: Vaccines Still A Top Priority
... or dehydrating diarrhea or the "hundred days' cough" called whooping cough. I agree with the U.S. Public Health Service, which counted immunizations first among preventive public health measures of the last century. Obesity and overweight were mentioned in 22 columns, indicating my concern with ...
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Mountain View TelegraphMOUNTAIN: Calendar
... speakers, nonsmoking, children welcome. 688-9790. FAMILY PLANNING CLINIC Teen services, STD exams, prenatal care, free pregnancy testing, free immunizations. By appointment. Teen walk-ins accepted. 832-6782. FREE IMMUNIZATION CLINIC Call for appointment. 832-6782. PREVENTION TASK FORCE ...
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ABQJOURNAL NEWS/STATE: CYFD Fights ‘Medicine Man'
... sentiments in an 1997 interview when she served as CYFD secretary. “We sometimes get reports to investigate educational neglect, failure to get immunizations, or nutritional neglect and even some forms of 'emotional neglect,'” Wilson told the Journal at the time. “While these are important ...
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