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Flu vaccine urged for infants

Posted on September 25, 2008

Filed under: Babies, Toddlers, Health & safetyThis year, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control is recommending that kids as young as six months receive the influenza vaccine. There are plenty of doses of the vaccine available -- 143 million -- so the additional kids do not represent a problem. Dr. Julie Gerberding of the CDC says that more kids vaccinated means fewer kids that will die, not to mention fewer headaches with cranky children. It's a fact, Gerberding noted, that the influenza vaccine saves lives by not only helping to prevent flu but also by preventing the serious complications ...

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