(IV Healthcare District says August is an important month)....It is National Immunization Awareness month.

IVHD is urging the community to stay up to date on vaccinations to protect Imperial Valley Families. They are reminding residents of the importance of staying current with recommended vaccinations to protect individual and community health across the region. They say the Imperial Valley continues to prioritize preventive healthcare measures that keep families healthy and reduce the spread of vaccine preventable diseases. Vaccinations, they say, continue to be among the most effective strategies in public health, preventing serious illness, hospitalization, and death from diseases like measles, whooping cough, influenza and COVID 19,