Beginning this school year, Michigan children entering
kindergarten or transferring into a new Michigan school district
are required to get a chickenpox vaccine. You must show proof of
vaccination or natural immunization. Some physicians think the
vaccine should go beyond younger kids. "It's important to
immunize those kindergarteners or toddlers, but what's even more
important are the adolescents, college students or even adults
and immunize those people. Regardless of age, if you haven't had
the chickenpox, you should get vaccinated," Dr. Dean Sienko,
Ingham County medical examiner. The Ingham County Health
Department and your primary care physician offer the vaccines.
Chickenpox is responsible for 11,000 hospitalizations and 100
deaths nationwide. The older you are when you get the
chickenpox, you raise your risk for developing complications.
wilx.com: Extended Web Coverage - Chickenpox is a disease that
can be very easily spread from person to person. It is most
common in children. - Most cases of chicken