vaccinations

Vaccinations & Shots

Meningococcal infections

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

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The rubella vaccine

Rubella, aka German measles, is an infectious disease that can cause serious health problems for children, especially for unborn...

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Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine

The human papillomavirus (HPV) is a group of sexually transmitted viruses that can cause genital warts and even lead to cervical...

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The smallpox vaccine

Smallpox is a highly contagious infection characterized by high fever and an extensive rash. The sometimes fatal disease is...

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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...

Vaccinations & Shots

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....