Here’s the recommended adult vaccine schedule for anyone who comes in contact with a newborn.
Most newborns with illnesses like whooping cough and influenza catch it from someone inside the home.
So, what does an adult vaccine schedule look like?
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Check out the latestCenters for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommendations.
COVID-19 Vaccine
The COVID-19 vaccine protects against the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
According to the CDC,staying up-to-date with updated vaccinesis the best way to protect against COVID-19.
The CDC says the COVID-19 vaccine is safe for everyone except for babies under 6 months.
Measles is highly contagious and can spread quickly through a community that hasn’t been vaccinated.
The lack of vaccination contributes to measles outbreaks in America.
Babies and pregnant people are more likely to be endangered by measles because they can’t be vaccinated.
Pregnant people are more likely to be hospitalized with flu-related complications than with the flu itself.
Get the influenza vaccine if
Adults should get the flu vaccine every yeareven if they’re pregnant.
Healthy nonpregnant adults under 49 can opt for thenasal spray flu vaccineinstead of the flu shot.
(Pregnant people should not get the nasal spray vaccine because it contains weakened but live virus strains.)
Skip the influenza vaccine if
Varicella Vaccine
The varicella vaccine protects against chickenpox.
The bacteria that causes lockjaw makes a toxin, or poison, that causes severe muscle spasms.
Each year there are an estimated 32,000 cases.
However, because hepatitis A impacts unhoused people and those who use injectable drugs, many cases go undiagnosed.
Many of the 1 million people infected with hepatitis B don’t know they have it.
Infected parents can pass the disease, which causes liver disease and cancer, to infants at birth.
That’s why it’s important to understand the hepatitis B vaccine schedule for both children and adults.
People infected with shingles can also pass the chickenpox virus to unvaccinated children.
More than 1 million Americans are hospitalized with pneumonia every year.
Pregnant people who get pneumonia have an increased risk of premature labor.
There are two types of meningococcal vaccines: the MenACWY and the MenB vaccine.
But don’t be fooled by the nameit does not cause influenza (the flu).
Hib disease can cause severe diseases and death in children under 5.
According to the CDC, Hib disease is often severe enough to require hospitalization and can lead to death.
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