New Childhood Vaccines Schedules Released

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this should make you sick at the beginning of the new year

The most significant changes are:

A recommendation that children older than 6 months receive the H1N1

influenza vaccine.

A newly licensed HPV vaccine for girls, known as HPV2, to protect them

from cervical cancer, which can be caused by certain strains of HPV.

Girls should get their first dose of either the HPV2 or the earlier HPV4

vaccine, which is still considered effective, around age 11 or 12.

A suggestion that a three-dose series of the HPV4 vaccine can be given to

boys between 9 and 18 years old to prevent genital warts.

A statement that the use of combination vaccines are generally preferred

over separate injections.

The need to revaccinate some high-risk children who have already received

the meningococcal conjugate vaccine (MCV4). Kids at high risk tend to be

those with immune system disorders. Booster shots aren't recommended for

those whose only risk factor is living in a dormitory setting, according

to the new vaccine schedules.

Sheri

New Childhood Vaccines Schedules Released - News

http://news./s/hsn/20100104/hl_hsn/newchildhoodvaccinesschedulesreleased

New Childhood Vaccines Schedules ReleasedBy Serena

Gordon

HealthDay Reporter by Serena Gordon

healthday Reporter – 2 hrs 1 min ago

MONDAY, Jan. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Boys should get the human

papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine to protect them against genital warts, and

all children should receive the H1N1 vaccine to guard against swine flu,

according to updated guidelines on childhood and teen vaccines.

The new vaccine schedules -- issued by the American Academy of

Pediatrics, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the

American Academy of Family Physicians -- also recommend using combination

vaccines whenever possible.

" These are life-threatening illness that vaccines prevent, and if

you have a combination vaccine that's safe and effective and requires one

less stick for your child and one less trip to the doctor, it makes sense

to me -- as a father -- to think about that, " said Dr. W.

Kimberlin, a professor of pediatrics and co-director of the division of

pediatric infectious diseases at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Kimberlin is a member of the committee that created the new immunization

schedules.

The new vaccine schedules are published in the January issue of

Pediatrics and online on Jan. 4.

The most significant changes are:

A recommendation that children older than 6 months receive the H1N1

influenza vaccine. A newly licensed HPV vaccine for girls, known as HPV2, to protect

them from cervical cancer, which can be caused by certain strains of HPV.

Girls should get their first dose of either the HPV2 or the earlier HPV4

vaccine, which is still considered effective, around age 11 or 12. A suggestion that a three-dose series of the HPV4 vaccine can be

given to boys between 9 and 18 years old to prevent genital warts. A statement that the use of combination vaccines are generally

preferred over separate injections. The need to revaccinate some high-risk children who have already

received the meningococcal conjugate vaccine (MCV4). Kids at high risk

tend to be those with immune system disorders. Booster shots aren't

recommended for those whose only risk factor is living in a dormitory

setting, according to the new vaccine schedules.

Overall, Kimberlin said he thinks most parents are following these

recommended schedules and protecting their children against what can be

life-threatening illnesses. However, " parents are inundated with

misinformation or incomplete information about vaccinations, " he

noted. " And, with all the noise out there, people start thinking

there might be something to what they're hearing. "

Dr. Green, an infectious disease specialist at Children's

Hospital of Pittsburgh, said that although most children are vaccinated,

" there is a fairly large cohort of kids who don't receive optimal

immunizations either for religious reasons, or their parents don't

believe in immunizations because of health concerns, such as a fear of

autism. "

But the data has consistently shown that the measles vaccine doesn't

cause autism, he said. Measles, on the other hand, can cause brain

damage, or even kill children, explained Green. And, while some parents

may think that they don't have to worry about these diseases because most

U.S. children are vaccinated, an outbreak for unvaccinated children might

be only a plane ride away. Last spring, said Green, someone visiting from

another country brought measles with them. They were in close proximity

to an unvaccinated American family who then contracted the measles. The

outbreak ended quickly and without any serious consequences, but others

might be more severe, he warned.

" People forget that when there used to be measles that kids died, or

they ended up with brain damage. The risk-to-benefit ratios with today's

vaccines are tremendously slanted to the benefit side. And, yet between

every one to three months, I see a child with a vaccine-preventable

illness, " said Green.

" The vaccines we have today are the safest vaccines we've ever had,

and I hope that parents recognize that it is a matter of life and death,

and that they choose to do everything they can to protect their

children, " said Kimberlin. " Time and time again, when

immunization rates fall, diseases come back, and then the immunization

rates go up again. "

More information

Learn more about childhood vaccines from the Nemours Foundation's

KidsHealth Web site.

Sheri Nakken, R.N., MA, Hahnemannian

Homeopath

Vaccination Information & Choice Network, Washington State, USA

Vaccines -

http://vaccinationdangers.wordpress.com/

Vaccine Dangers, Childhood Disease Classes & Homeopathy

Online/email courses - next classes start January 6 & 7

http://www.wellwithin1.com/vaccineclass.htm or

http://www.wellwithin1.com/homeo.htm

[Guest guest]

this should make you sick at the beginning of the new year

The most significant changes are:

A recommendation that children older than 6 months receive the H1N1

influenza vaccine.

A newly licensed HPV vaccine for girls, known as HPV2, to protect them

from cervical cancer, which can be caused by certain strains of HPV.

Girls should get their first dose of either the HPV2 or the earlier HPV4

vaccine, which is still considered effective, around age 11 or 12.

A suggestion that a three-dose series of the HPV4 vaccine can be given to

boys between 9 and 18 years old to prevent genital warts.

A statement that the use of combination vaccines are generally preferred

over separate injections.

The need to revaccinate some high-risk children who have already received

the meningococcal conjugate vaccine (MCV4). Kids at high risk tend to be

those with immune system disorders. Booster shots aren't recommended for

those whose only risk factor is living in a dormitory setting, according

to the new vaccine schedules.

Sheri

New Childhood Vaccines Schedules Released - News

http://news./s/hsn/20100104/hl_hsn/newchildhoodvaccinesschedulesreleased

New Childhood Vaccines Schedules ReleasedBy Serena

Gordon

HealthDay Reporter by Serena Gordon

healthday Reporter – 2 hrs 1 min ago

MONDAY, Jan. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Boys should get the human

papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine to protect them against genital warts, and

all children should receive the H1N1 vaccine to guard against swine flu,

according to updated guidelines on childhood and teen vaccines.

The new vaccine schedules -- issued by the American Academy of

Pediatrics, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the

American Academy of Family Physicians -- also recommend using combination

vaccines whenever possible.

" These are life-threatening illness that vaccines prevent, and if

you have a combination vaccine that's safe and effective and requires one

less stick for your child and one less trip to the doctor, it makes sense

to me -- as a father -- to think about that, " said Dr. W.

Kimberlin, a professor of pediatrics and co-director of the division of

pediatric infectious diseases at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Kimberlin is a member of the committee that created the new immunization

schedules.

The new vaccine schedules are published in the January issue of

Pediatrics and online on Jan. 4.

The most significant changes are:

A recommendation that children older than 6 months receive the H1N1

influenza vaccine. A newly licensed HPV vaccine for girls, known as HPV2, to protect

them from cervical cancer, which can be caused by certain strains of HPV.

Girls should get their first dose of either the HPV2 or the earlier HPV4

vaccine, which is still considered effective, around age 11 or 12. A suggestion that a three-dose series of the HPV4 vaccine can be

given to boys between 9 and 18 years old to prevent genital warts. A statement that the use of combination vaccines are generally

preferred over separate injections. The need to revaccinate some high-risk children who have already

received the meningococcal conjugate vaccine (MCV4). Kids at high risk

tend to be those with immune system disorders. Booster shots aren't

recommended for those whose only risk factor is living in a dormitory

setting, according to the new vaccine schedules.

Overall, Kimberlin said he thinks most parents are following these

recommended schedules and protecting their children against what can be

life-threatening illnesses. However, " parents are inundated with

misinformation or incomplete information about vaccinations, " he

noted. " And, with all the noise out there, people start thinking

there might be something to what they're hearing. "

Dr. Green, an infectious disease specialist at Children's

Hospital of Pittsburgh, said that although most children are vaccinated,

" there is a fairly large cohort of kids who don't receive optimal

immunizations either for religious reasons, or their parents don't

believe in immunizations because of health concerns, such as a fear of

autism. "

But the data has consistently shown that the measles vaccine doesn't

cause autism, he said. Measles, on the other hand, can cause brain

damage, or even kill children, explained Green. And, while some parents

may think that they don't have to worry about these diseases because most

U.S. children are vaccinated, an outbreak for unvaccinated children might

be only a plane ride away. Last spring, said Green, someone visiting from

another country brought measles with them. They were in close proximity

to an unvaccinated American family who then contracted the measles. The

outbreak ended quickly and without any serious consequences, but others

might be more severe, he warned.

" People forget that when there used to be measles that kids died, or

they ended up with brain damage. The risk-to-benefit ratios with today's

vaccines are tremendously slanted to the benefit side. And, yet between

every one to three months, I see a child with a vaccine-preventable

illness, " said Green.

" The vaccines we have today are the safest vaccines we've ever had,

and I hope that parents recognize that it is a matter of life and death,

and that they choose to do everything they can to protect their

children, " said Kimberlin. " Time and time again, when

immunization rates fall, diseases come back, and then the immunization

rates go up again. "

More information

Learn more about childhood vaccines from the Nemours Foundation's

KidsHealth Web site.

Sheri Nakken, R.N., MA, Hahnemannian

Homeopath

Vaccination Information & Choice Network, Washington State, USA

Vaccines -

http://vaccinationdangers.wordpress.com/

Vaccine Dangers, Childhood Disease Classes & Homeopathy

Online/email courses - next classes start January 6 & 7

http://www.wellwithin1.com/vaccineclass.htm or

http://www.wellwithin1.com/homeo.htm