Podcasts Health The Informed Patient Vaccines are a major public health achievement, expert says, stressing scientific evidence

Vaccines are a major public health achievement, expert says, stressing scientific evidence

Published: Oct. 10, 2019, 1:01 p.m.

b'Doug Campos-Outcalt, MD (photo by Jim Howe) Doug Campos-Outcalt, MD (photo by Jim Howe) Vaccines are one of the most successful public health interventions of the past century, says Vaccines are one of the most successful public health interventions of the past century, says Doug Campos-Outcalt, MD. Doug Campos-Outcalt, MD. He discusses vaccine safety and adverse reactions, and he stresses the dangers of contracting an infection that can be prevented by vaccination. Campos-Outcalt is a senior lecturer at the University of Arizona\'s Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health and a clinical professor at the University of Arizona\'s College of Medicine in Phoenix. He was visiting Upstate to give a lecture about basing clinical and public health recommendations on sound scientific evidence. He discusses vaccine safety and adverse reactions, and he stresses the dangers of contracting an infection that can be prevented by vaccination. Campos-Outcalt is a senior lecturer at the University of Arizona\'s Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health and a clinical professor at the University of Arizona\'s College of Medicine in Phoenix. He was visiting Upstate to give a lecture about basing clinical and public health recommendations on sound scientific evidence.'