Flu Vaccines
December 9, 2008 by Marcie
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
Children’s Flu Vaccination Day is December 9 and this year the CDC and Families Fighting Flu (FFF) want to remind all parents to vaccinate their children ages 6 months to 19 years.
Everyone who live with or care for children should also be vaccinated in order to prevent hospitalization or death.
According to the CDC, the flu is a contagious disease that can cause symptoms such as a high fever, sore throat, coughing, extreme tiredness, runny or stuffy nose, and even nausea and diarrhea in children. Each year in the US, an average of 20,000 children under the age of five are hospitalized because of flu related complications.
Children who are getting the flu vaccine for the first time need two doses of the vaccine the first year. The second dose should be given 28 days (or more) after the first dose.
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