{"id":20787,"date":"2025-01-25T09:00:19","date_gmt":"2025-01-25T10:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=20787"},"modified":"2025-01-25T10:38:40","modified_gmt":"2025-01-25T10:38:40","slug":"the-evidence-for-the-childhood-vaccine-schedule-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=20787","title":{"rendered":"The Evidence For the Childhood Vaccine Schedule, Explained"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Here\u2019s why doctors recommend getting specific shots at specific times \u2014 as well as what happens when parents stray from that advice.<\/p>\n

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Before their immune systems mature, young children are especially vulnerable to infections \u2014 and to falling far more ill than adults might with certain common illnesses.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why childhood vaccination programs have been such a boon for public health. In the past 30 years, recommended childhood vaccines have prevented an estimated 1.1 million deaths and 32 million hospitalizations in the United States<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The recommended schedule for these vaccines is first set by an advisory committee to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which reviews the recommendations and decides whether to adopt them. The committee\u2019s members \u2014 which include experts in vaccination, infectious disease, pediatrics and public health \u2014 meet several times each year to review the latest clinical trials as well as health and safety data from the general population.<\/p>\n

Today, children vaccinated in line with these recommendations are protected from 16 diseases, including infections that can cause paralysis, brain damage and deadly fevers. Those who aren\u2019t given recommended shots or follow an alternative schedule \u2014 which research suggests is the case for an estimated 27 percent of U.S. children<\/a> \u2014 may be at higher risk of developing these preventable illnesses.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cWhen we start spacing things out, the danger is that either the child gets exposed, or we never get them caught up and they miss out entirely,\u201d said Dr. Beth Thielen, a pediatric infectious disease physician at the University of Minnesota.<\/p>\n