Pediatrics are urging parents to make sure their children are vaccinated against the flu this fall, adding that some kids may need more than one flu shot.
, the American Academy of Pediatrics urged parents on Tuesday to make sure their children are vaccinated against the flu this fall, adding that some kids may need more than one flu shot.
Children ages 6 months through 8 years old who've either never received a flu shot or who've only ever had a single flu shot should get two this year, a month apart, for maximum protection. This strategy may have an even greater impact during the 2022-2023 flu season, experts said, because the number of children getting flu shots and otherSpread of flu dropped precipitously once the pandemic began — likely because of social distancing measures, said Dr. Buddy Creech, a pediatric infectious disease expert at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee.
The gap has left a large proportion of children unexposed to influenza and therefore vulnerable to the virus.
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