Vaccines help protect children from disease

José A. Álvarez

County of San Diego Communications Office

Fourteen.

This is the number of vaccines children should get over their first 18 months to avoid getting sick.

The County Health and Human Services Agency is reminding parents to make sure their children are up-to-date with immunizations.

“Vaccines offer the best protection against disease,” said Wilma Wooten, M.D., M.P.H., County public health officer. “Parents should make sure their children start their shots on time and stay on schedule. Immunizations prevent disease, disability, and in the worst cases, death.”

Parents should ask the...