Children and teens currently get 13 vaccines that protect them against 16 vaccine-preventable diseases, including DTaP, IPV (polio), hepatitis B, Hib, Prevnar 13, rotavirus, MMR, Varivax (chicken pox), hepatitis A, Tdap, HPV, MCV 4 (meningococcal vaccine), and influenza. Although that is a big increase from the number of vaccines that they were getting in the
In addition to the vaccines on the standard immunization schedule, children and adults often need a few other travel vaccines before taking any trips out of the country.
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Herd immunity or community immunity refers to the process in which all people are protected against a vaccine-preventable disease because most of the community is vaccinated. For more information: Community Immunity Herd Immunity Yes, herd immunity works Herd Immunity You can’t hide in the herd The power of herd immunity seen with the rotavirus vaccine
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