While people were being encouraged to get pertussis and influenza vaccines in multiple states — and those cleaning up from Hurricane Sandy, the tetanus vaccine — we continued to see reports of vaccine-preventable diseases:
| States Reporting* | |
|---|---|
| Influenza | Most states; check out CDC’s current FluView Map |
| Pertussis | AK, AR, CA, FL, IA, KS, MA, ME, MD, MI, MN, MT, NM, PA, UT, VT, WA |
| Meningococcus | NYC (men who are intimate with men) |
| Chickenpox | IA, IL, IN |
*From media reports dated between 11/12 - 12/16/12.
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