The hard part of getting into a NY School is actually being accepted by the admissions department. Ensuring that your child is properly vaccinated according to state laws is just one more step along the way to a healthy, challenging academic career.
Health and vaccination records are necessary, by New York state law, in order to attend schools. There are strict guidelines in place to ensure that the proper vaccinations are administered to each student. This helps sustain the safety and health of the total student population and, in a larger sense, the family and public in general. We discussed the first in the series of vaccinations a student must have in our NY Student Immunizations post. Here is a continuing list of vaccinations required.
NY State Vaccinations
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MMR
- Measles: The Measles is a viral disease characterized by a fever and a rash that begins on the face and neck. It eventually spreads to the back and chest, then to the arms and legs. Complications are common in very young. These complications can include pneumonia, encephalitis, and deafness. This notorious disease also affects the fetuses of pregnant women.
- Mumps: The mumps is an illness characterized by fever, stiff neck, loss of appetite and commonly, a swelling of the glands in the cheek just in front of the ear lobe.
- Rubella: Rubella, formerly known as the “German Measles”, is actually a milder illness than measles, but a similar rash may appear in about half of all cases. Pregnant women need to avoid Rubella as an infection with this virus during the first trimester has been shown to produce birth defects in up to 85% of babies.
Measles, Mumps, Rubella
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