The start of the upcoming school year is quickly approaching, which means school supplies, backpacks, new shoes and perhaps a new outfit or two will quickly become top of mind for parents.

UAB physicians are asking parents to take inventory of another school-year need for many children — vaccines.

Each state and the District of Columbia have their own vaccination requirements to attend public school, and if you are a parent who has not vaccinated your child according to the Centers for Disease Control’s recommended schedule but need to now that they are school age, you still can. UAB physician David Kimberlin, M.D., vice chair of Pediatrics, co-director of the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, and also the American Academy of Pediatrics liaison to the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, says it’s not too late to start getting your child caught up and back on the recommended schedule.

Read the story on UAB News.