Vaccinations

Immunization Rates Remain High Among Vulnerable Children

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, December 9th, 2001

Recent changes in routine infant vaccination procedures that require a greater number of shots do not appear to reduce immunization rates in low-income communities, a new study reports.

This finding should help reassure policy makers and immunization providers who "were concerned that the multiple simultaneous injections could decrease immunization coverage levels" against polio, diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, hemophelia influenza type b and hepatitis B, according to lead author Maureen Kolasa, RN, MPH of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The additional injections reduce the risk of adverse reactions - most notably...

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