UI health expert urges parents to vaccinate their children - Radio Iowa

UI health expert urges parents to vaccinate their children - Radio Iowa

Many Iowa schools start classes in less than two weeks and what used to be a fall rite of passage — getting kids updated on their shots — is happening less frequently, and is more often the subject of debate. Natoshia Askelson, a professor in the University of Iowa College of Public Health, says the […]

UI health expert urges parents to vaccinate their children

(Radio Iowa) – Many Iowa schools start classes in less than two weeks and what used to be a fall rite of passage — getting kids updated on their shots — is happening less frequently, and is more often the subject of debate. Natoshia Askelson, a professor in the University of Iowa College of Public Health, says the topic of vaccination has become embroiled in partisan politics and misinformation, while new legislation makes it easier for families…