Articles written by Bridget Kallenberger. Hill Co. Health Dept.

Bridget Kallenberger. Hill Co. Health Dept.

Guest columnist Immunizations are vital to our children people Bridget Kallenberger. Hill Co. Health Dept. Thank you, Juanita Campbell for highlighting the importance of vaccinations in your letter to the editor. Montana, the last best place, is unfortunately also last in the country in childhood immunizations. A century ago, few effective measures existed to prevent infectious diseases which were widely prevalent and took an enormous toll in the United States. In Montana in 1953, 253 cases of polio were reported (on...