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dent of the American Academy of Paediatrics, further mentioned that the advances in the science of vaccines have included fine-tuning the immunization schedule for the diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (DPT) vaccine and flu vaccine, and considerable changes intended for tackling the continued spread of whooping cough and influenza.

Cooper said, The vaccines are so remarkably safe and so remarkably effective that I, as a parent and a grandparent and a paediatrician, strongly urge parents to get all of them, and get them on time.

Dr Offit said, This is a banner year, I don't think we're going to see another new vaccine for 10 years. I just think this has been an amazing year. He also stated that the new meningitis vaccine, which had been endorsed last year by the U.S. Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, has the precise capability of preventing hundreds of horrific deaths and life-altering illnesses.

Offit while explaining that the Meningococcal disease is caused by Neisseria meningitides a common bacterium that invades the body to infect the lining of the brain or the bloodstream said, This is a vaccine that will prevent a bacteria that creates both bloodstream infections and meningitis in about 3,000 people a year, most of them children, and 300 deaths a year. He further said that even when the disease isn't fatal, it does have the potential to cause a lifetime brain damage, hearing loss, loss of limbs, or kidney failure.

It has been reported that the CDC recommends that all students entering middle school and high school and all college freshmen living in dormitories should receive the new meningococcal vaccine. Offit also explained about the other new vaccines that are being developed for treatment or prevention.
1. Rotavirus, which is a germ that causes severe diarrhoea in children, usually with fever and vomiting. Offit said, 'It's a very common cause of doctor visits and hospital visits in young children,
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