bacterial diseases

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Symptoms of meningitis

When meningitis strikes, it can feel like your typical run-of-the-mill bad headache or flu. But the difference is that it’s an...

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Meningococcal vaccines

Meningococcal disease is caused by a bacteria that can lead to bacterial meningitis and meningococcemia, which meningococcal...

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Anthrax vaccine

A serious disease caused by bacterial spores, anthrax is spread by animals and as a biological weapon. An anthrax vaccine is...

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The tuberculosis vaccine

Tuberculosis, also called TB, is a potentially dangerous respiratory illness that can be prevented with the tuberculosis vaccine.

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The tetanus vaccines

Better known as lockjaw, tetanus is a deadly disease that can be prevented with a number of tetanus vaccines.

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The rotavirus vaccines

Rotavirus is an infectious disease that attacks the intestinal tract. The potentially serious illness can be prevented with the...

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The diptheria-tetanus-pertussis (DTaP) vaccine

Years ago, the DTP vaccine was commonly given to children to prevent diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis; however, it was notorious...

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Pneumococcal infection

Despite the term, pneumococcal infection doesn't just mean you have pneumonia.

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The cholera vaccine

Cholera is an acute, diarrheal illness caused by infection of the intestines by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae . The infection is...

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Pneumococcal vaccines

Two different vaccines, pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) and pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPSV), fight a bacterial...

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Meningococcal infections

Meningococcal disease is a highly contagious bacterial infection that can cause meningitis and meningococcemia. The disease can be...

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Can vaccinations really prevent pertussis?

Unfounded stories of children having side effects and contracting pertussis despite (or because of) vaccination can lead many...

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Reduce your child’s risk of whooping cough

Whooping cough, aka pertussis, is a highly contagious respiratory infection that is easily spread through personal contact, sneezing...

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Symptoms of pertussis: Is your child at risk?

When your child comes home from school sniffling, sneezing, running a low-grade fever and coughing occasionally, you naturally...

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Dangers of pertussis and how you can prevent it

If you ever see (or hear) a child with pertussis (the respiratory disease also known as whooping cough), you will never forget it....

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Can you protect your child from pertussis?

As a parent, you want to protect your child from monsters under the bed, bullies at middle school and broken hearts in high school....