Is Georgia is a third world country? Georgia's women (in the US, not Soviet Georgia) are among the unhealthiest in the nation: uneducated, uninsured, more likely to have preventable diseases and more likely to die at younger ages. Our babies are more likely to be premature or die from preventable causes than almost any other industrialized nation.
Monday, May 11, 2009
Should we mandate that young immigrant women Receive Gardasil?
Currently, female immigrants ages 11 to 26 must receive Gardasil to be eligible for a green card. CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommends the vaccine for U.S. residents . . .but mandates it for immigrant women. Is this unfair? . . .many young women are faced with the choice of getting the vaccine or waiting until they reach age 27 to acquire a green card. (see Garay, AP/Newark Star-Ledger, 5/7).
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