2025 Table 1: HepB at birth + 2 more; rotavirus 2-3; DTaP 5; Hib 4; PCV 4; IPV 4; MMR 2; varicella 2; HepA 2; Tdap at 11-12; HPV at 11-12; MenACWY at 11-12 and 16; plus annual influenza and COVID-19 from 6 months. Core (non-annual) doses through age 18 total roughly 30-34; counting every annual influenza and COVID-19 dose brings the lifetime total into the 60-72 range — the basis for the '72 doses' claim.
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2025 Table 1: HepB at birth + 2 more; rotavirus 2-3; DTaP 5; Hib 4; PCV 4; IPV 4; MMR 2; varicella 2; HepA 2; Tdap at 11-12; HPV at 11-12; MenACWY at 11-12 and 16; plus annual influenza and COVID-19 from 6 months. Core (non-annual) doses through age 18 total roughly 30-34; counting every annual influenza and COVID-19 dose brings the lifetime total into the 60-72 range — the basis for the '72 doses' claim.