Guthrie talks health care with state, local health department officials
Guthrie and Howard met with officials from the
Guthrie, who helped preside over hearings on measles outbreaks in the
"People love their kids," Guthrie said. "They just need the best information" on the importance of the measles vaccine, he said.
Measles was confirmed in two cases in the
Another communicable disease, hepatitis, was controlled in
"We were the first state that had a predominately rural spread" of hepatitis A, Howard said. Cases in rural areas occur largely among people with substance abuse disorders.
"Getting them in to get vaccinated in unbelievably hard," he said.
"I think a lot of it is they don't see it as an immediate need," Horton said.
Guthrie talked briefly about government attempts to provide health care to children crossing the
"Unfortunately, it took seven weeks to pass an appropriations bill" to provide
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