vaccines

Baby & Toddler

Your baby's first year: Shots, shots and more shots!

You know that every time you take your infant for a well visit, you are doing the best you can to keep her healthy, but that doesn't...

Teen Health & Wellness

Should my son get the HPV shots?

Genital warts and cancers caused by HPV are probably the last things on your mind if you have a tween son. The American Academy of...

School Age Kids

Chicken pox lollipops for sale

Some parents, fearful of the medical vaccines administered to children, have sought natural methods to boost immunity. Think...

Autistic Spectrum Disorders

The Autism/Vaccine (Dis)Connection

A new study denies any link between the MMR vaccine and autism. But parents who have heard anecdotal evidence to the contrary are...

Tweens, Teens & College

No parental consent necessary: 12 and over can get HPV vaccine in California

Earlier this week, the governor of California signed a law that made the HPV vaccine accessible to children 12 and older without...

Pregnancy, Labor & Birth

6 Tips for heading home with a newborn

Heading home with a newborn baby can be frightening. Authors Laura Jana and Jennifer Shu, moms who are also pediatricians, have...

Vaccinations & Shots

When does my child receive the meningitis vaccine?

Meningitis is a serious condition that affects 3,000 Americans every year -- 30 percent of of them children and young adults....

Vaccinations & Shots

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...

Child Development & Health

Organize your family's health information

Keeping track of your own health history is challenging enough. Was it 1994 or 1996 that you had shingles? Trying to manage it for a...

Children's Diseases & Illnesses

Can vaccinations hurt your kids?

In recent years, vaccination has become an increasingly contentious subject. More and more vaccines are being added to the lists of...

Parenting Advice & Columns

The great vaccine debate

There’s no better way to stir the parenting-debate pot than to put a pro-vaccine mom in a room with a non-vaccinating mom and bring...

Mom & Dad

The flu vaccine debate

As the weather turns cooler, it seems moms take on a new set of responsibilities: an expanded schedule for our kids, new menus...

Vaccinations & Shots

Adult vaccines: Olympic Gold Medalist Mia Hamm raising health awareness

Gold medalist and soccer superstar Mia Hamm does it all. She's not only a busy mom but she's now raising awareness about the...

Teen Health & Wellness

Vaccines for high school and college freshmen

Vaccines continue to perplex parents concerned about protecting their children against serious diseases yet who want to avoid...

Vaccinations & Shots

Gardasil for your son?

More than 30 types of the human papillomavirus (HPV) can infect the genital areas of women and men, causing genital warts and even...