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Video: Carlsbad Clinic Gives Kids Shots and Supplies
Carlsbad Pediatrics hosts Health and Wellness Fair and provides school kids with their "Tdap" booster and free school supplies.
A new California law, that went into effect on July 1, 2011, requires that all middle school and high school students receive a pertussis booster shot before going back to school this fall. Students in both public and private schools will be required to show proof that they have received the pertussis booster after their 10th birthday.
According to a news release from the county's Health and Human Services Agency, this law, AB 354, was passed as a result of an ongoing pertussis epidemic. This outbreak of what is commonly called "whooping cough" included 1,144 cases in San Diego County. In 2010, two local infants died from complications from the disease.
The Carlsbad Pediatrics clinic of North County Health Services hosted a health and wellness fair on Saturday, Aug. 20, to encourage kids to learn more about how to stay healthy—and to offer a chance for parents to get their child's pertussis or "Tdap" shot.
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According to the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency, more than countywide still have yet to provide proof they have received the booster shot. Parents have until 30 days after school begins to comply with the new law.
Carlsbad Pediatrics is a local clinic that will give the Tdap booster shot even to patients who don't have medical insurance.
