The doctors at Genesee-Transit Pediatrics believe that immunizations are the single most important health service that we provide in order to give your child the best chance at a healthy life. We firmly support the American Academy of Pediatrics and the medical evidence behind the academy’s position that childhood vaccinations are safe when given in the currently established schedule, and that vaccines do not cause autism or developmental delays. We advocate for our patients, your children, on all aspects of providing care. The strength of this conviction is unwavering, and that is why we strongly recommend following the childhood immunization schedule, as published. We also, as parents, have followed the recommended schedule for our own children as well.
Thankfully, many parents and even pediatricians have not witnessed cases of diphtheria, tetanus, bacterial meningitis, epiglottitis, and measles because of the successful vaccination campaigns of the past. We should not be casual about this issue nor let down our guard against these incapacitating and deadly illnesses.
Refusing or delaying vaccines puts your child and the children of your community at risk. Currently about 10% of children in the United States are unvaccinated. With this statistic on the rise unvaccinated or incompletely vaccinated children no longer have the benefit of “herd immunity” to protect them from vaccine communicable diseases. Non-immunized children become ill and allow these vaccine preventable illnesses to spread through a community. In the process, children with immune deficiencies or cancer, who are unable to receive vaccines, are susceptible, as well. This may be a child in your daughter’s classroom, a girl you pass by at the grocery store, or a boy sitting next to you in our waiting room.
You have put your trust in us to care for your children. Trust us to keep your children safe from vaccine communicable illnesses. Their lives may depend on it.
For more information or to schedule an appointment, please contact us today.
Darlene A. Dzik, MD, John A. Dzik, MD,
Khristina Kasuba, MD, & Alessandra M. Palma, MD
Age | Vaccination |
Newborn | Hepatitis B (offered at birth hospital) |
2 months | Pediarix(DTaP/Polio/Hepatitis B), Hib, Pneumococcal, Rotavirus |
4 months | Pediarix(DTaP/Polio/Hepatitis B), Hib, Pneumococcal, Rotavirus |
6 months | Pediarix(DTaP/Polio/Hepatitis B), Hib, Pneumococcal, Rotavirus |
12 months | MMR, Chicken Pox, Hepatitis A |
15 months | DTaP, HIB, Pneumococcal |
18 months or 2 years | Hepatitis A |
4-5 years | Kinrix(DTaP/Polio), Proquad(MMR/Chicken Pox) |
10 years | Tdap, HPV |
11 years | Meningococcal ACWY; HPV |
16 years | Meningococcal ACWY |
16-18 years | Meningococcal B |
20 years | Tdap |
*6 months and older eligible for Flu vaccine and Covid vaccines*
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Hib vaccine can prevent
Before Hib vaccine, Hib disease was the leading cause of bacterial meningitis among children under 5 years old in the United States. Meningitis is an infection of the lining of the brain and spinal cord. It can lead to brain damage and deafness.
Hib infection can also cause:
pneumonia,
severe swelling in the throat, making it hard to breathe,
infections of the blood, joints, bones, and covering of the heart,
death.
Hib vaccine is usually given as 3 or 4 doses (depending on brand). Hib vaccine may be given as a stand-alone vaccine, or as part of a combination vaccine (a type of vaccine that combines more than one vaccine together into one shot).
Infants will usually get their first dose of Hib vaccine at 2 months of age, and will usually complete the series at 12-15 months of age.
Children between 12-15 months and 5 years of age who have not previously been completely vaccinated against Hib may need 1 or more doses of Hib vaccine.
Children over 5 years old and adults usually do not receive Hib vaccine, but it might be recommended for older children or adults with asplenia or sickle cell disease, before surgery to remove the spleen, or following a bone marrow transplant. Hib vaccine may also be recommended for people 5 to 18 years old with HIV.
Hib vaccine may be given at the same time as other vaccines.
Tell your vaccine provider if the person getting the vaccine:
Has had an allergic reaction after a previous dose of Hib vaccine, or has any severe, life-threatening allergies.
In some cases, your health care provider may decide to postpone Hib vaccination to a future visit.
People with minor illnesses, such as a cold, may be vaccinated. People who are moderately or severely ill should usually wait until they recover before getting Hib vaccine.
Your health care provider can give you more information.
Redness, warmth, and swelling where shot is given, and fever can happen after Hib vaccine.
People sometimes faint after medical procedures, including vaccination. Tell your provider if you feel dizzy or have vision changes or ringing in the ears.
As with any medicine, there is a very remote chance of a vaccine causing a severe allergic reaction, other serious injury, or death.
An allergic reaction could occur after the vaccinated person leaves the clinic. If you see signs of a severe allergic reaction (hives, swelling of the face and throat, difficulty breathing, a fast heartbeat, dizziness, or weakness), call 9-1-1 and get the person to the nearest hospital.
For other signs that concern you, call your health care provider.
Adverse reactions should be reported to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS). Your health care provider will usually file this report, or you can do it yourself. Visit the VAERS website at
The National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP) is a federal program that was created to compensate people who may have been injured by certain vaccines. Visit the VICP website at
Ask your health care provider.
Call your local or state health department.
Contact the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC):
Call 1-800-232-4636 (1-800-CDC-INFO) or
Visit CDC's website at
Vaccine Information Statement (Interim)
Hib Vaccine
10/30/2019
42 U.S.C. Ã 300aa-26
Department of Health and Human Services
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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