Do babies really need another shot? Children in the U.S. already get 10 to 20 vaccines and boosters in their first two years. Given how unhappy the needles make them--and how concerned parents are about side effects--pediatricians have been understandably reluctant to add a flu shot to the mix. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) didn't make things any easier by only "encouraging" flu shots for toddlers.
That changed last week, when a CDC advisory committee voted unanimously to "recommend" flu shots for all 6 million healthy American babies between the ages of 6 and 23 months. The change...
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