Los Angeles, Oct. 21 -- Health officials across the United States signed a statement on Monday, criticizing false vaccine information from federal officials and urging Americans to get vaccinated as the respiratory virus season approaches.
"As leaders of the nation's largest local health departments, collectively serving nearly 50 million people across America's cities, we are committed to providing our communities with every opportunity to support and improve health," said the statement of the Big Cities Health Coalition, a forum for the leaders of the largest U.S. metropolitan health departments.
"We are united behind a simple message: get vaccinated," it noted.
It said vaccines have eradicated devastating diseases and saved millions o...