Children routinely have a series of vaccinations that begins at birth. Given according to a specific schedule, these vaccinations protect against hepatitis B, diphtheria,tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough), measles, mumps,rubella(German measles), varicella (chickenpox), polio, pneumococcus andHaemophilus...
Vaccinations, Pediatric Catch-Up 7-18 yr Vaccination recommendations below are derived from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [1] Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis vaccine (DTaP) Minimum age: 7 years 4 doses Dose 1 to dose 2: 4-week interval Dose 2 to dose 3: 4-week...
for less than 3 months) show that around 20.0% of children aged up to 15 years old were not up to date for tetanus, diphtheria, or polio (TD-IPV) vaccines, 24.1% were not up to date for pertussis vaccine, and 28.1% were not up to date for the Measles-Mumps-Rubella (MMR) vaccine...