{"id":84145,"date":"2017-08-29T21:30:12","date_gmt":"2017-08-30T01:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=84145"},"modified":"2017-08-28T17:14:51","modified_gmt":"2017-08-28T21:14:51","slug":"a-healthy-start-begins-with-on-time-vaccinations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=84145","title":{"rendered":"A healthy start begins with on-time vaccinations"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>National Immunization Awareness Month is a reminder\u00a0that we all need vaccines throughout our lives.<\/p>\n

Vaccines give you the safe, proven power to protect your children from serious diseases. You can provide
\nthe best protection by following the recommended immunization schedule \u2013 giving your children the
\nvaccines they need, when they need it.<\/p>\n

There are vaccinations that help protect babies from 14 diseases by age 2. It is very important that babies
\nget all the doses of each vaccine and get each on time. Yearly flu vaccines are recommended for all
\nchildren 6 months and older. Children are also due for additional doses of some vaccines between 4 and 6\u00a0years of age. If a child falls behind the recommended immunization schedule, vaccines can still be given to\u00a0\u201ccatch-up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Child care facilities, preschool programs, and schools are prone to outbreaks of infectious diseases.
\nChildren in these settings can easily spread illness to one another due to poor hand washing, not covering their coughs, and other factors such as interacting in crowded environments.<\/p>\n

When children are not vaccinated, they are at increased risk for diseases and can spread disease to others\u00a0in their play groups, child care centers, and communities \u2013including babies who are too young to be fully\u00a0vaccinated and people with weakened immune systems due to cancer or other health conditions. You can find out more about the recommended schedule of immunizations by age at cdc.gov\/vaccines\/parents.<\/p>\n

The Madison County Health Department holds Immunization Clinics each week and appointments may
\nbe scheduled online at healthymadisoncounty.org or by calling 315-366- 2848. Most insurance plans are
\naccepted. Some fees may apply.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

National Immunization Awareness Month is a reminder\u00a0that we all need vaccines throughout our lives. Vaccines give you the safe, proven power to protect your children from serious diseases. You can provide the best protection by following the recommended immunization schedule \u2013 giving your children the vaccines they need, when they need it. There are vaccinations […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":66743,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23810,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wellbeing","category-top-story"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43meu-lTb","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/immunizations.jpg?fit=2067%2C830&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=84145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84145\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/66743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}