Tips for Tracking Your Child's Vaccination Schedule Polio and
diphtheria are rare thanks to vaccinations. Most experts agree
that vaccinations are necessary to protect our children for
generations to come. With the exception of smallpox (the only
human infectious disease certified as eradicated by the World
Health Organization), the potential for an outbreak still exists
with most diseases; thus, it is important to keep children's
vaccinations up-to-date. The more children who go unvaccinated
or experience a delay in vaccination, the greater the risk to
the population, as a whole. The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) has developed a recommended vaccination
schedule for all groups: http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/spec-
grps/default.htm. It is especially important to maintain the
schedule for children given that children's immune systems are
not well-developed. The schedule is crucial to helping a child
remain properly vaccinated against disease. Many parents
struggle to keep their children on schedu