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The Immunization Program provides continuously updated information regarding recommended and/or required immunizations for children and adults including vaccines needed for international travel. Education regarding immunizations for vaccine preventable infectious diseases is the number one factor of this office.
Immunization Links
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Immunizations provided for children: |
- Polio
- Diphtheria
- Whooping Cough
- Tetanus (lockjaw)
- Measles
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- Mumps
- Rubella (German Measles)
- Hemophilus (Meningitis)
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis A
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Recommendations for adult immunizations include: |
- Influenza (Flu) and pneumonia immunizations given annually - especially for age 65 and older individuals,
- Tetanus-Diphtheria boosters every 10 years,
- Hepatitis A recommended especially for food handlers, child-care providers and international travelers,
- Hepatitis B vaccine,
- Measles, Mumps and Rubella is recommended for anyone born after 1956 and not previously immunized - especially if child bearing age,
- Varicella (chickenpox) for any adult who has not had chickenpox
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Immunizations are also available to adults for lasting protection against these diseases.
- As many as 20,000 Americans die annually from flu-related illnesses.
- Pneumococcal disease leading to pneumonia is to blame for up to 40,000 deaths each year.
- Nearly one-third of adults with hepatitis B don't know how they got infected.
- Adults are 25 times more likely than children to die from chickenpox.
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