When Can My Child Get Vaccinated?

All of us at Holyoke Pediatric Associates would like to help you protect your children from both H1N1 and seasonal flu. We all feel that these vaccines are safe, effective  and important to protect our children and families. The current recommendations are to immunize all children above the age of six months, most importantly those children with chronic illnesses like asthma, diabetes, kidney and heart diseases. It is also particularly important to immunize children living in homes with infants younger than six months of age, or living with family members who may have weakened immune systems, such as those receiving cancer treatment or with HIV.

We are limited, however, by the supply of these vaccines – they come from the State Immunization Program, which in turn receives them from the federal program.  We appreciate your patience and understanding as we work to protect all of your children from these illnesses.

Currently, we only have sufficient vaccine to vaccinate those children with a chronic illness, or children that live with an infant less than six months of age, or live with  someone with a weakened immune system.

If your child meets one of these criteria, please call our office during regular working hours from 8am to 5pm to schedule an appointment to receive these vaccines.

If your child does not meet these criteria, you may call to be added to our flu vaccine waiting list.

We will update this site when the vaccine supply becomes more available. Please check this site frequently for further updates.

 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Vaccine Availability Update   

Massachusetts Dept. of Public Health

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention    

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