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Vaccination information

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By Karin McCay - email

Kids grow out of a lot of things, health wise, but not the need for vaccines. The CDC says adults need regular immunizations too.

Allen Cunningham, a pharmacist at covenant, says the CDC wants adults to understand how much vaccines have improved.

Cunningham says the pneumonia vaccine is also misunderstood; many people think one is good for a lifetime, instead, it's recommended that adults get a pneumonia vaccine every 5 years.

 

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