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Expanding Access to School-Required Vaccines
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Every summer the pediatrics outpatient clinic is inundated with patients who need their 4 year old vaccines, or other catch-up vaccines, to be eligible to start kindergarten. In the past two years, the Pediatric Clinic increased vaccine appointment availability 3 fold and it still was not sufficient to cover our community need. In 2023, Pediatrics and Community Health partnered in a school-based outreach program to support school-required vaccines for incoming kindergarteners. Read the full article.