{"id":6519,"date":"2026-09-20T11:08:41","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T07:08:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.azharmg.com\/%d9%84%d9%82%d8%a7%d8%ad-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a5%d9%86%d9%81%d9%84%d9%88%d9%86%d8%b2%d8%a7-%d9%84%d9%84%d8%a3%d8%b7%d9%81%d8%a7%d9%84-%d9%85%d8%b9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b9%d9%88%d8%af%d8%a9-%d9%84%d9%84%d9%85\/"},"modified":"2026-09-20T11:09:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T07:09:18","slug":"%d9%84%d9%82%d8%a7%d8%ad-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a5%d9%86%d9%81%d9%84%d9%88%d9%86%d8%b2%d8%a7-%d9%84%d9%84%d8%a3%d8%b7%d9%81%d8%a7%d9%84-%d9%85%d8%b9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b9%d9%88%d8%af%d8%a9-%d9%84%d9%84%d9%85","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azharmg.com\/en\/%d9%84%d9%82%d8%a7%d8%ad-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a5%d9%86%d9%81%d9%84%d9%88%d9%86%d8%b2%d8%a7-%d9%84%d9%84%d8%a3%d8%b7%d9%81%d8%a7%d9%84-%d9%85%d8%b9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b9%d9%88%d8%af%d8%a9-%d9%84%d9%84%d9%85\/","title":{"rendered":"Flu Vaccination for Children: Why It Matters During the Back-to-School Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The return to school increases close contact among children, facilitating the transmission of respiratory viruses. Current recommendations support <strong>annual influenza vaccination for children aged 6 months and older<\/strong> who do not have contraindications to vaccination.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Influenza is more than a common cold. It can cause fever, cough, myalgia and significant fatigue, and some children develop complications requiring medical care or hospitalization.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Influenza vaccines are updated seasonally to reflect the viruses expected to circulate. Vaccination reduces the risk of influenza and its potentially serious consequences, although it cannot prevent every infection.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>When should children receive the flu vaccine?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Seasonal vaccination is ideally administered before influenza becomes widely established in the community. Approximately <strong>two weeks<\/strong> are required for an adequate immune response to develop following vaccination.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Some children aged <strong>6 months through 8 years<\/strong> require two vaccine doses during the same season, administered at least four weeks apart, depending on their previous influenza vaccination history.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The appropriate vaccine formulation depends on the child&#8217;s age, medical history and relevant contraindications. For this reason, influenza vaccination should follow current age-specific and clinical recommendations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The return to school increases close contact among children, facilitating the transmission of respiratory viruses. Current recommendations support annual influenza vaccination for children aged 6 months and older who do not have contraindications to vaccination. Influenza is more than a common cold. It can cause fever, cough, myalgia and significant fatigue, and some children develop<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6476,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_joinchat":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[103,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ent","category-general-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azharmg.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azharmg.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azharmg.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azharmg.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azharmg.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6519"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.azharmg.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6520,"href":"https:\/\/www.azharmg.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6519\/revisions\/6520"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azharmg.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azharmg.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azharmg.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azharmg.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}