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Immunizations:

Immunizations:

  • Vaccines Available for Childhood Illnesses
  • Yellow Fever Vaccine
  • Flu, Pneumonia and Other Adult Immunizations

Vaccines are the safest means of protection for infants against deadly diseases.  By the time a child is 2 years of age, the following vaccines should have been administered (according to the Ohio Department of Health):

  • 4 DTaP (diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis)
  • 3 Polio (inactivated polio)
  • 4 Hib   (haemophilus influenzae b)
  • 3 Hepatitis B
  • 1 MMR  (measles, mumps, rubella) 1 Varicella (chickenpox) *mandated by kindergarten entrance

When a child reaches the age of Kindergarten, the following vaccines are required:

  • DTaP        (diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis)
  • Polio        (inactivated polio)
  • MMR         (measles, mumps, rubella)
  • Varicella   (chicken pox)

It is a requirement that a child entering kindergarten have 3 doses of Hepatitis B Vaccine, 5 doses of DTaP, 4 doses of Polio and 2 doses of MMR.

Before children were immunized, parents in the United States could expect that every year:

  • Polio would paralyze 10,000 children.
  • Rubella (German Measles) would cause birth defects and mental retardation in as many as 20,000 newborns.
  • Measles would infect about 4 million children -- killing 3,000.
  • Diphtheria would be one of the most common causes of death in school-aged children.
  • A bacterium called Hib would cause meningitis in 25,000 children, leaving many with permanent brain damage.
  • Pertussis (whooping cough) would kill 8,000 children, most of who were under the age of 12 months.

Taken from What Every Parent Should Know About Vaccines,  Paul Offit & Louis Bell, 1998.)

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CDC Immunization Update     1-800-282-0546
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