Children get as many as 25 shots and boosters in the first 15 months of life alone. When you combine the sheer number of vaccines with an alphabet-soup-like jumble of acronyms it’s hard to keep track of what a youngster is getting—and why.
Here’s a rundown of 12 vaccines that help protect against potentially life-threatening germs. Most are required for school attendance, while some are not.
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