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American Osteopathic Association

Talk to Your Doctor about These Essential Vaccines

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Vaccine-preventable diseases -- such as measles, mumps, flu and whooping cough -- are an ongoing public health threat, with an active mumps outbreak currently reported in Illinois. Outbreaks in 2015 infected patients of all ages and resulted in hospitalizations and death. The AOA, which represents the more than 110,000 osteopathic physicians and medical students in the US, resolved at its annual business meeting that DOs should treat patients' vaccination history as an integral part of their health record. That new policy also urges DOs to take all reasonable steps to ensure patients are fully immunized against vaccine-preventable illness regardless of their age.

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