CDC Vaccine Recommendations

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Childhood vaccination schedules updated for 2002 as per the CDC's National Immunization Program.
http://www.cdc.gov/nip/


Vaccines for Teenagers and College Students

The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends the following four vaccines for teenagers and one vaccine for college students.

Teenagers:

Varicella (chicken pox) vaccine
Hepatitis B vaccines
Measles-Mumps-Rubella (MMR) vaccine
Diphtheria-Tetanus vaccine

College Students:

Meningococcus vaccine
http://www.cdc.gov/nip/recs/teen-schedule.htm

Children

The following vaccination are recommended for children (pre-teens down to infant):

Age Vaccine(s)

At birth Hepatitis B

2 months DTaP #1, Polio #1, Hib #1, Hepatitis B #2, Pneumococcal #1

4 months DTaP #2, Polio #2, Hib #2, Pneumococcus#2

6 months DTaP #3, Hib #3, Pneumococcus#3

12 months MMR #1, Varicella

15 months Hib #4, Hepatitis B#3, Pneumococcus#4

18 months Polio #3, DTaP #4

4-6 years MMR #2, Polio #4, DTaP #5