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Keep Children Healthy with Vaccines
Why Vaccinate?
VACCINES CAN HELP YOUR CHILDREN GROW UP HEALTHY. THEY HELP PROTECT AGAINST SERIOUS DISEASES.
Vaccines have reduced or even gotten rid of many diseases in the U.S. — like polio.
Vaccines protect children from complications — like hearing loss or paralysis — that come with diseases.
Vaccines can help children grow up healthy. They help protect against serious diseases.
Vaccines protect the people around you, like those with weak immune systems and babies too young to get shots. When more people are vaccinated, it’s harder for diseases to spread.
Research shows that vaccines do not cause autism or sudden infant death syndrome.
Measles Is on the Rise in the U.S.
The number of measles infections is going up. Most likely because of a drop in vaccination rates.
Measles spreads through the air when an infected person coughs or sneezes.
About 1 in 5 people in the U.S. who get measles will need to go to the hospital.
Measles is really contagious. If one person has it, up to 90% of the people around them will become infected if they are not protected.
Getting the vaccine is your best defense.
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By age 2, your child should receive vaccines for 14 diseases.
Visit www.cdc.gov/vaccines/schedules to view the immunization schedule for children.
