Vaccine Change: NY to Require Full Series Before School
New York state is changing school immunization requirements to ensure children receive their final doses of three standard vaccines before entering school.
Beginning Sept. 1, the state’s Department of Health will require students to receive a complete series of immunizations for measles-mumps-rubella, polio and tetanus-diphtheria-pertussis before starting school. Students who have received initial doses may enter class only if parents can show they have scheduled appointments for the final doses.
Previously, children could wait until age 6 to receive final doses.
The new policy reflects recommendations from an advisory panel to the federal CDC. Health Commissioner Howard Zucker says the changes will give children “the best protection” from “devastating diseases.”
This article appeared in print on page 4 of edition of Hamodia.
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