BATON ROUGE, La. -- New vaccination requirements for Louisiana students mean that 4- and 11-year-olds must have shots before school starts.
Two doses of Varicella (chicken pox) vaccine for children age 4 and older and the meningococcal (meningitis) vaccine for 11-year-olds are now required.
Although both vaccines have been recommended for several years, students who do not have these vaccines or are not in the process of a vaccine series will not be admitted when classes begin next month.
State law already requires standard immunizations for diseases like hepatitis B, polio, measles, mumps and rubella for all children depending on their age.
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