{"id":6731,"date":"2013-04-17T06:00:21","date_gmt":"2013-04-17T10:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=6731"},"modified":"2013-04-15T09:13:59","modified_gmt":"2013-04-15T13:13:59","slug":"need-for-infant-vaccines-to-get-national-spotlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=6731","title":{"rendered":"Need for infant vaccines to get national spotlight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">County to team up with Kennett Area YMCA to raise awareness<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6732\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Flushot-300x2791.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6732\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6732 \" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" alt=\"National Infant Immunization Week will be observed from April 20-27.\" src=\"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Flushot-300x2791.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"279\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6732\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">National Infant Immunization Week will be observed from April 20-27.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Nearly 12,000 babies born each day in the U.S. will need to be immunized against 14 vaccine-preventable diseases, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.<\/p>\n<p>National Infant Immunization Week \u2013 April 20-27 &#8211; is an initiative designed to raise awareness about the importance of childhood immunizations to prevent the spread of disease and to celebrate the achievements of immunization programs in promoting healthy communities throughout the nation, said a news release from the Chester County Health Department.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNational Infant Immunization Week provides a valuable opportunity to educate our community on the importance of adequate vaccination for our children,\u201d said Margaret Rivello, Director of the Chester County Health Department.<\/p>\n<p>In observance of National Infant Immunization Week, the Health Department will join the Kennett Square YMCA to promote \u201cHealthy Kids Day\u201d on Saturday, April 27. The Health Department will have a display board on infant immunizations, educational materials and give-a-ways. The program will be held outdoors from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on National Infant Immunization Week, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/vaccines\">http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/vaccines<\/a>. For information on childhood vaccinations, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/cts.vresp.com\/c\/?ChesterCountyHealthD\/502df984b3\/37b0aab421\/18c5bc6062\">www.chesco.org\/health<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>County to team up with Kennett Area YMCA to raise awareness Nearly 12,000 babies born each day in the U.S. will need to be immunized against 14 vaccine-preventable diseases, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Infant Immunization Week \u2013 April 20-27 &#8211; is an initiative designed to raise awareness about the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":6732,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7,109],"tags":[1480,1183,2254],"class_list":["post-6731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-lifestyle","category-health","tag-chester-county-health-department","tag-kennett-area-ymca","tag-national-infant-immunization-week"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6731","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6731"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6731\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}