By Charles J. Mullett, MD, PhD, FAAP

Chair, Department of Pediatrics, WVU School of Medicine

Kathryn S. Moffett, MD, FAAP

Division Chief, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, WVU School of Medicine, and

Lisa M. Costello, MD, MPH, FAAP

Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, WVU School of Medicine

West Virginia has long led the nation in an important public health measure: school-age immunization rates. West Virginia has one of the most effective school immunization policies in the nation, resulting in…