Back-to-school seasons signals vaccination rush

This year’s vaccinations have a few additional requirements, and children who don’t meet the criteria can be banned from school this fall.


First off, sixth graders 11-years-old or older who received their last tetanus shot five years ago are required to get three doses of TDAP, a new formula to include the Pertussis Booster, better known as Whooping Cough.


“We fine tune our immunizations, and we continue to do that,” John McCarthy of Med Group Health said. “This particular vaccination is limiting the amount of whooping cough or pertussis that we’re seeing.”


Potentially fatal, Whooping Cough is also a highly contagious disease
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