Dr. Claire McCarthy is a primary care physician and the Medical Communications Editor at Boston Children’s Hospital. Along with her blogs here on Thriving, you can find her at the Huffington Post and Boston.com. Follow her on Twitter @drClaire.
It’s that time of year when we think about immunizations. That’s because every January the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) issue an updated immunization schedule. The online version is on the CDC’s web site. There are three schedules: one for birth to 6, one for 7 to 18 and a “catch-up” schedule for kids who start late or have interruptions for whatever reason. Full story »
