Major changes in 2007 pediatric vaccine schedule

January 4, 2007

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Major changes in 2007 pediatric vaccine schedule

Last Updated: 2007-01-03 12:31:31 -0400 (Reuters Health)

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The American Academy of Pediatrics has issued

its annual recommended immunization schedules for children and adolescents

in the United States -- these include extending the age range for influenza

vaccination and giving the new human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, the

first vaccine to prevent cervical cancer, to girls between 11 and 12 years

old.

The changes in the 2007 schedules, which were approved by the Centers for

Disease Control and Prevention and the American Academy of Family

Physicians, include:

--Routine administration of oral live rotavirus vaccine to all infants at

ages 2, 4, and 6 months. Rotavirus is the leading cause of severe diarrhea

in infants and young children and kills roughly 500,000 children a year

globally. In the US, it affects 2.7 million children in an average year and

75 percent of children get diarrhea from rotavirus by their 5th birthday.

--Administration of a second dose of varicella (chickenpox) vaccine to all

children between 4 and 6 years of age.

--Administration of the HPV vaccine to girls 11 to 12 years of age, with a

catch-up vaccine given to girls 13 to 18 years of age.

--Annual influenza (flu) vaccination has been expanded to include children

between 6 and 59 months of age. Vaccination is also recommended for close

contacts of children between 0 and 59 months of age.

SOURCE: Pediatrics, January 2007.

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Sheri Nakken, R.N., MA, Hahnemannian Homeopath

Vaccination Information & Choice Network, Nevada City CA & Wales UK

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