Timely “Children & Vaccines” event gives parents facts (10/22/09)

The Columbia Center special event “Children and Vaccines: Addressing Parents’ Concerns” took place on Thursday, October 22, 2009. Gary S. Marshall, MD, nationally known pediatric infectious disease specialist, and local pediatrician Dan Hagerman, MD, spoke and answered parents’ questions on childhood immunizations, claims of a connection between vaccinations and autism, the recommended immunization schedule, and much more.

Related Resources

If you weren't able to attend, below are some great information resources about children and vaccines.

• Audio of the interview “The Risk of Not Vaccinating Children ” with pediatric immunization expert Gary S. Marshall, MD on WUWM-FM’s Lake Effect — originally broadcast on Wednesday, November 18, 2009.

• Video of Fox6 News segment covering the “Children and Vaccines: Addressing Parents’ Concerns” event — originally broadcast on Friday, October 23, 2009.

• Audio of the interview “To Vaccinate or Not?” with Pediatrician Dan Hagerman on WUWM-FM’s Lake Effect — originally broadcast on Wednesday, October 21, 2009.

• Article “The greatest risk is in not vaccinating kids” by Gary S. Marshall, M.D. in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Sunday, October 18, 2009.

• “Vaccines and H1N1: A Q&A with Dr. Dan Hagerman” on the MilwaukeeMoms website.

• Detailed information from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control about immunization schedules, plus a downloadable version of the 2009 “U.S. Recommended Immunization Schedule for Persons Aged 0 Through 6 Years”

• US Government Flu.gov Resource

• 2-1-1 Wisconsin Flu Clinic Locator

• Wisconsin’s Pandemic Flu Resource

• City of Milwaukee Swine Flu Information

October 22, 2009