Posts Tagged ‘vaccinations’
Will the Pacific Northwest measles outbreak jump over to the East Bay?
In 2015, a measles outbreak spread across California, sickening hundreds of people. The outbreak spread across the West Coast as well as Mexico and Canada, and led the California legislature to outlaw vaccine exemptions based on personal beliefs. Removing the exemption has caused vaccination rates across the state to increase dramatically, including in the Bay…
Read MoreCounty mobilizes to fight flu
Public health workers distributed thousands of vaccines Wednesday at nine sites across Contra Costa County.
Read MoreStifling pertussis
Contra Costa County citizens get vaccinated at the immunization clinic at the Richmond Health Center.
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