<body><div>MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. - Back-to-school season comes with a health checklist. South Carolina requires students to be vaccinated against more than a half-dozen diseases before they can enroll.Dr. Martha Buchanan, director of the Bureau of Communicable Disease Prevention and Control, said vaccination helps keep schools open and shields those who cannot be immunized.The cyclospora outbreak making national headlines has reached South Carolina, with cases prompting concern among shoppers, diners and restaurant operators. <figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0jjgng_1DbmSwbs00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0jjgng_1DbmSwbs00" width="1600" height="900" ></figure>“Kids come together in this enclosed space, and they share everything from toys to germs,” Buchanan said. “And we want them all to be able to stay at school. So by vaccinating them and protecting them from things they could pass to each other or get from each other, we’re helping keep the schools open. We’re helping keep kids in school, protecting the staff, protecting the teachers, and we’re even protecting little baby Johnny at home who maybe can’t get vaccinated yet.”The required vaccines include Hepatitis A and B, MMR, polio, varicella, which protects against chickenpox.DTaP, which protects against diphtheria, tetanus, and whooping cough, is also required along with the Tdap booster.Buchanan said the vaccines target diseases that have historically caused serious illness in children.“These are all vaccinations that are recommended in childhood to prevent what used to be really serious illnesses that children got very sick from, and even died or had a long-term effect from,” Buchanan said. “Even if they don’t totally prevent the disease, they reduce how sick you get, and they reduce how long you’re going to spread it to somebody else.”<h2>Vaccine safety concerns</h2>Some parents have raised concerns about vaccine safety. Dr. Burt Banks, a family physician and residency director at Grand Strand Health, said the research does not support a link between vaccines and autism.City officials said the Greenville Zoo has determined how it’s four-year-old Amur leopard escaped her exhibit on Thursday morning. <figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=4Jjv7c_1DbmSwbs00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=4Jjv7c_1DbmSwbs00" width="1600" height="1066" ></figure>“There are certainly concerns about things such as autism being linked to vaccines,” Banks said. “And there are hundreds of studies, well-designed scientific studies, that show that there is no relationship to autism from the vaccine or any component of the vaccine.”Banks said vaccination is important for keeping others safe. He said South Carolina’s measles outbreak, the largest in the U.S. in 30 years, recorded nearly 1,000 cases. Only about 20 of those cases were in vaccinated individualsBuchanan said she respects parents’ concerns. She urged them to consult a doctor and seek accurate information.South Carolina law only allows medical or religious exemptions for vaccines for school-aged children. Students without an exemption must meet all vaccine requirements before the first day of school.Parents can visit their health care provider or a local health department to obtain the required vaccines. More information is available on the Department of Public Health website.</div></body>

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MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. - Back-to-school season comes with a health checklist. South Carolina requires students to be vaccinated against more than a half-dozen diseases before they can enroll. Dr. Martha Buchanan, director of the Bureau of Communicable Disease Prevention and Control, said vaccination helps keep schools open and shields those...

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