Poliois a disease that used to paralyze more than 25,000 people each year before the polio vaccine was invented. Now children are vaccinated against it at 2 months, 4 months, between 6 and 18 months, and between 4 and 6 years. MMRis another combo vaccine that protects against measles, m...
Imagine being emotionally blackmailed by your doctor to have your baby vaccinated with a lethal cocktail of 13 vaccines, which included two doses of the DTaP, three doses of the oral rotavirus vaccine and two doses of the polio vaccination. It sounds impossible, doesn’t it? However, this ...
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Is There a Zika Virus Vaccine? As of now, there is no vaccine available to prevent Zika virus infection. The best method of prevention is avoiding mosquito bites. The mosquitoes that transmit Zika virus are most active during the daytime. These mosquitoes may transmit other viruses that can ca...
When Anita Vasquez sought medical care for the reactions her baby girl was having after mistakenly being given the Gardasil vaccine at only 4 months old, she had no way of knowing that she was walking into a hospital that was working on vaccine developme
If your child has repeated ear infections, especially after bouts of the flu, talk to your doctor about giving your child an annual flu vaccine. (Only children who are at least 6 months old can get a flu shot.) Avoid secondhand smoke. Researchers have concluded that kids whose parents smok...
Parents who question vaccine safety are simply trying to restore ethics and the ethos of caring for the health and welfare of children—back into the foundations of vaccine protocol. The trust has been broken. Co-Sleeping Public health officials, from all parts across the globe, are now ...
Children within 6 months, as a result of the antibody obtained from the mother, usually do not get measles. Therefore, the first vaccination should be repeated at the age of 8 months and 4 years of age. Hepatitis B vaccine hepatitis B has a high incidence in China, and chronic active ...
Possible side effects:Low-grade fever, redness and/or tenderness at injection site. Inactivated Poliovirus Vaccine (IPV) What it prevents:Polio, once a widespread epidemic that paralyzed and killed thousands of people. When baby gets it:At 2 months, 4 months, 6 to 18 months and 4 to 6 yea...
In a powerful pro-vaccine message, an Australian mom recorded her 4-month-old son gasping for air and struggling to breathe as he battles pertussis — commonly known as whooping cough — and posted it on Facebook. “I've been on duty for over 3 weeks having to wake every single time ...