Dr. Lisa Costello joins host Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez to talk about why keeping kids up to date on vaccines matters for school and child care. They highlight the dangers of declining vaccination rates, how community immunity protects kids and the difference between medical versus non-medical exemptions for vaccines. They also offer practical advice on spotting false claims and point parents to trustworthy sources for accurate vaccine information.
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Guest
Lisa Costello, MD, MPH, FAAP
 Dr. Lisa Costello is an associate professor in the department of pediatrics at West Virginia University (WVU) and a pediatric hospitalist at WVU Medicine Children’s Hospital. She is chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on State Government Affairs, and in 2022 she received the AAP Section on Early Career Physicians Leadership in Advocacy Award. Dr. Costello is a Board of Trustees member and a past president of the West Virginia State Medical Association and is a past president of the West Virginia Chapter of the AAP. Dr. Costello served as an advisor to the WV Department of Health and Human Resources Bureau for Public Health during the COVID-19 pandemic response and as the medical lead for the Joint Information Center within the West Virginia Joint Interagency Task Force for COVID-19 and public health matters.
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Theme music composed by Doug Nagel.
The views expressed in this podcast are those of the guests and not necessarily those of the American Academy of Pediatrics.