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NATION'S TOP HEALTH EXPERTS URGE INFLUENZA AND PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINATION AS SEASON APPROACHES

At-risk, Older Americans, Children 6-23 Months,
and Health Care Workers Targeted For Vaccination

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FACTS ABOUT INFLUENZA

FACTS ABOUT PNEUMOCOCCAL DISEASE

STATE-BY-STATE INFLUENZA AND PNEUMOCOCCAL

REFERENCE INFORMATION

BIOGRAPHY: WILLIAM SCHAFFNER, MD
National Foundation for Infectious Diseases & Professor and Chairman, Department of Preventive Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

BIOGRAPHY: JULIE GERBERDING, MD, MPH
Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

BIOGRAPHY: MARK B. MCCLELLAN, MD, PhD
Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

BIOGRAPHY: JEANNE SANTOLI , MD, MPH
Associate Director of Science, Immunization Services Division, National Immunization Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

BIOGRAPHY: CYNTHIA G. WHITNEY, MD, MPH
Acting Chief, Respiratory Diseases Branch, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

BIOGRAPHY: HENRY H. BERNSTEIN, DO
Committee on Infectious Diseases, American Academy of Pediatrics

BIOGRAPHY: ARDIS D. HOVEN, MD
Board of Trustees, American Medical Association