HEALTH TOPICS

Most childhood vaccines are timed to protect your child when she’s most vulnerable. Standard guidelines recommend this schedule:

•  Hepatitis B: birth, 1 to 2 months and 6 to 18 months.

•  Rotavirus: 2 months, 4 months, and 6 months.

•  DTaP (diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis): 2 months, 4 months, 6 months, 15 to 18 months and 4 to 6 years

•  Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib): 2 months, 4 months, and 12 to 15 months

•  Pneumococcal (PCV) vaccine: 2 months, 4 months, 6 months and 12 to 15 months

•  Polio: 2 months, 4 months, 6 to 18 months and 4 to 6 years

•  Flu: yearly beginning at 6 months

•  Measles, mumps, rubella (MMR): 12 to 15 months and 4 to 6 years

•  Varicella (chicken pox): 12 to 15 months and 4 to 6 years

•  Hepatitis A: 12 to 23 months

Good Neighbor Pharmacy, September 2012