The Importance of Back-to-School Vaccines for Kids and Well-Child Checkups

Besides new backpacks and shoes, parents should consider back-to-school immunizations and well-child check-ups as summer ends. Some kids have gotten behind in their regular vaccinations, but now is a great time to catch up.

We never know what awaits our little ones every school year, but vaccines have proven to safeguard children for many years, reducing once-common illnesses like mumps and measles to rarities.

In addition to school-required vaccines, the HPV vaccine is recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics for kids between the ages of 9 and 12 years old to prevent six different ty...