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North Dakota passes vaccine law.

This is a case of government doing something right. As of the 1st of 2008 they have required students entering school to have a second dose of the chickenpox vaccination. This is a positive move and should help eliminate outbreaks of chickenpox in the school system.

Here is more information from the local news channel.

As of the first of the year, children in daycare are required to be immunized against Hepatitis A, Rotavirus, and Pnuemococcal disease.

Beginning next school year, students entering kindergarten must get a second dose of the chickenpox vaccine. Middle school students will need to be immunized against meningococcal disease, as well as tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis.

The changes are in addition to previously required immunizations, and experts say they`re a good way to keep kids, and their parents healthy.

“Immunizations are important because they not only prevent yourself from getting diseases, or your children, but also from the people around you, so it`s important to keep our kids healthy,” says Molly Sander, Immunization Program Manager.

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Chickenpox vaccine law puts school officials on the spot

As you can see from the story below the need to vaccinate your children is so important. Chickenpox can be prevented, but due to the lack of proper vaccinations it is not. Here is and article from the local news in Brunswick, ME. For the full story visit the link at the end of the article excerpt.

New chicken pox vaccine law puts BHS officials on the spot

01/14/2008 BRUNSWICK —

A chicken pox outbreak barred 140 students from Brunswick High School last week after school staff confirmed on Tuesday that one student had caught the virus.
“We identified the students who could be the most vulnerable to contracting this disease. These students, according to our records, had not received the related immunization or had not contracted the disease during childhood. Contact was made with the identified students along with most of their parents, and efforts were put in place to address or correct the documented status of each student,” Brunswick High School Principal Bruce Cook wrote in a letter to parents and guardians on Wednesday.

To return to school, high school students need to bring documentation of having their first of two rounds of inoculation required for immunity for children older than 13.

All but 20 students returned with the proper documentation the next day, interim Superintendent David Wallace reported at Wednesday’s School Board meeting, but seven students were still excluded as of Friday. Snow canceled classes today.

Special Education Director Paul Austin said the school confirmed one case of chicken pox on Tuesday, and a new law implemented this year meant students that didn’t have documentation of either immunity or inoculation could be sent home for up to 16 days.

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Chicken pox reported in Winfield Kansas schools

Chicken pox reported in Winfield schools

City-Cowley County Health Department and USD 465 are cooperating on a response to several reported cases of chicken pox (varicella) in school-aged children in Winfield. In past years, chicken pox has been considered a rite of passage for children. Chicken pox is now considered a vaccine preventable disease.

As of Thursday, the only reported cases have been in elementary students, but with a 10-21 day incubation period, older siblings may begin to develop chicken pox over the next few weeks as well.

Children with chicken pox are most contagious before they develop symptoms which may include a rash, fever, mild cough, runny nose, or headache. Chicken pox is spread by direct contact with the rash or through the air from an infected person’s coughing or sneezing.

All children entering kindergarten were recommended to have had two doses of the chicken pox vaccine.

The recommended two-dose vaccine does not prevent chicken pox in all cases but children who have had both vaccinations are three times less likely to get chicken pox than those who have had only one dose. The vaccine almost always prevents severe cases of chicken pox, according to the Centers for Disease Control.

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