With sharp increases in preventable diseases like whooping cough in children over the last few years, public health officials are once again pushing for students to get vaccinated before the school year starts.
WHRO’s Yiqing Wang sat down with Dr. Nancy Welch, the health director at the Chesapeake Health Department, to talk about vaccine access, skepticism and the consequences of preventable diseases.
WHRO: Dr. Walsh, thanks for sitting down with us. Tell us — why is it so important for students to be vaccinated?…