The AAP and the CDC recommend the flu shot for everyone age 6 months and older, including teens, every year. The flu is unpredictable. There is no way to know if your teen will have mild flu illness and miss just a few days of school or if they will get seriously ill and need hosp...
Whether or not your five-year-old will sit still during circle time or stay on task at writing centers (or at home) may depend on their age, since younger children generally have a harder time doing both. Studies have shown that kids are often misdiagnosed with behavior problems in kinderg...
Vaccination and immunotherapy are two ways scientists have discovered to help the body's own immune system fend off and treat diseases. Explore how the immune system's natural defenses, and discover how vaccinations prevent disease and how immunotherapies supercharge the immune system to treat many ...
Childhood vaccines are most effective when they are administered to children at the right age, and with the recommended dosage, as children are susceptible to certain diseases at certain ages. As an example, polio occurs most frequently in children below theage of five. Five doses of polio va...
The CDC also notes that babies under 1 year of age and anyone with a compromised immune system or moderate to severe medically treated asthma have the highest risk of developing whooping cough and severe complications from the infection.
Children aged six months or older at the time of their first vaccination should receive three bivalent mRNA doses Those who are six months or older and previously received monovalent doses should receive 1 or 2 bivalent mRNA vaccine doses (this depends on specific age and vaccine) Anyone who...
Can you raise good children as a single parent? Yes. Can an unmarried couple do a good job compared to married ones? Yes. Is it the “best” scenario? No. The question is the best age to have kids, not the social status of a person. It’s a tricky question. However, Unless you...
Do I need protection from an additional COVID vaccine dose? The CDC recommends getting additional vaccine doses if you're at higher risk for serious health problems because you have a weakened immune system (immunocompromised). Children under age 4 may also need more than 1 dose. See more ab...
Parents of children under the age of five-years-old now have the option to vaccinate their infants and young children against COVID-19. The Food and Drug Administration granted emergency authorization for Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna m-RNA-based COVID-19 vaccines foryoung childrenin June, nearly...
What should I do if I've already had one outbreak of shingles or if I've already had the Zostavax vaccine? "Still get Shingrix," Orrange said. Should I give my children the chickenpox vaccine? Absolutely. "There is no benefit to letting your kids get chickenpox over the vaccination," ...