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Claire McCarthy, MD
Why follow a vaccine schedule for children?
Research suggests just 63% of families follow the recommended childhood vaccination schedule. Altering the schedule by skipping vaccines or spreading them out may be putting children at risk, as well as others in the community.
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High blood pressure (hypertension) harms the heart, kidneys, and brain. In the five US states –– Mississippi, West Virginia, Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky –– with the highest rates of adult hypertension, more than two in every five adults have high blood pressure, according to a US survey from 2021 reported by Statista.
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