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Saturday, January 03, 2009

Chickenpox Vaccination For All Children and Pregnant Women

Children and pregnant women could be routinely vaccinated against chickenpox.

Options being considered by government advisers include combining the jab with the MMR triple vaccine, creating a four-in-one shot.

The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation is also considering vaccinating adults against shingles, which is caused by the same virus.

But critics fear the vaccination will overload the immune systems of infants, who are already given 25 vaccines in ten shots by the age of 13 months.

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