State: Kids will need more vaccinations

Rick Karlin

Children in New York will need to get more vaccinations to enter school, according to updated requirements released by the state Department of Health.

Students won't have to be vaccinated for additional diseases, but they will need more doses for the current list of ailments. For example, students entering kindergarten or sixth grade in the upcoming school year will get two doses of varicella, or chickenpox, vaccine and up to five doses of poliomyelitis vaccine.

Updated requirements for those entering other grades will be phased in over the next six years.

Some of the new requirements are based on which grade a student is entering, but they apply to those in day care, Head Start, nursery, prekindergarten and K-12 programs.

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