Should Babies Get Immunizations?
Babies Are Born with Immune Systems That Can Fight Most Germs, but There Are Some Deadly Diseases They Can't Handle. That's Why They Need Vaccines to...
Babies are born with immune systems that can fight most germs, but there are some deadly diseases they can't handle. That's why they need vaccines to strengthen their immune system. Vaccines use very small amounts of antigens to help your child's immune system recognize and learn to fight serious diseases.
Do babies need immunizations?
Vaccines can prevent infectious diseases that once killed or harmed many infants, children, and adults. Without vaccines, your child is at risk for getting seriously ill and suffering pain, disability, and even death from diseases like measles and whooping cough.
What vaccines do infants really need?
- Hepatitis B (HepB) (2nd dose)
- Diphtheria, tetanus, and whooping cough (pertussis) (DTaP) (1st dose)
- Haemophilus influenzae type b disease (Hib) (1st dose)
- Polio (IPV) (1st dose)
- Pneumococcal disease (PCV13) (1st dose)
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