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The Los Angeles Department of Public Health's vision is simple: healthy people in healthy communities. The LA Public Health Podcast delivers news, updates, and compelling stories from the largest public health jurisdiction in North America, working every day to achieve health equity for more than 10 million Angelenos in every corner of Los Angeles County and beyond.
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Tuesday Mar 21, 2023
Tuesday Mar 21, 2023
In June of 2022, the Food and Drug Administration approved COVID-19 vaccines for young children age 6 months to 5 years old. Yet only 12% of children age 6 months to 4 years have received one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Disparities exist among children of color, with only 6% of Black children and 5% of Latino children in LA County receiving at least one dose, compared to 22% of Asian children, 19% of White children, and 15% of American Indian and Alaska Native children. Dr. Nava Yeganeh, Medical Director of Vaccine Preventable Disease Control in the Acute Communicable Disease Control Program in the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, joins to discuss vaccine safety and how families can access COVID-19 vaccines and boosters for their children.
Links discussed during the show:
- www.VaccinateLACounty.com
- LA Public Health Vaccine Call Center: (833) 540-0473
- LA Public Health's Homebound Vaccination Program
Coping with stress during the COVID-19 pandemic? The Department of Mental Health has online resources to help.
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