Updated: 11:27 a.m. Thursday, May 8, 2008 | Posted: 7:14 a.m. Thursday, May 8, 2008
North Carolina Changes Immunization Requirements
CHARLOTTE, NC —
Your children might need more shots for school next year.
North Carolina has changed immunization requirements.
Rising 6th graders now need a booster shot called T-DAP. That is if they haven't had the booster in the past 5 years.
T-DAP protects against tetanus, diphtheria and whooping cough.
Students entering kindergarten next year are now required to have a second dose of mumps vaccine.
To help out Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools is offering free immunization clinics in elementary schools between May 27th and June 6th.
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