What is one of the best ways to keep kids healthy?

Make sure they get their shots on time. This is a very important step in keeping your child healthy and free from disabling, even deadly diseases. Measles, whooping cough, diphtheria, rubella, and polio, diseases that just a few years ago caused tremendous suffering and death, still circulate in the US and in many other parts of the world.

For more information on immunizations, check out the links below about immunization schedules as recommended by the National Center for Disease Control (www.cdc.gov).

• Immunizations for Babies: A Guide for Parents
• Vaccine Administration Record for children and teens
• “At a Glance” Immunization Schedule
• Recommended Childhood and Adult Immunization schedule
• The Case for Childhood Immunization
  Mark Kane, M.D., M.P.H., Director
  Heidi Lasher, Advocacy, Communications, and Training Specialist
  Children's Vaccine Program at PATH