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Hot Shots
A vaccine update. Spring/summer is upon us. After enduring a long winter, often accompanied by extreme weather, we look forward to milder conditions and summer vacation. The season often coincides with...
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Get the Facts
Making smart decisions about vaccinating your child.Living in the technology era has certainly made getting information easier. Computers, tablets and laptops run at lightning speed. Your smart phone...
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Our Secret Weapon
Germs are responsible for more illnesses annually than we could possibly count. Fortunately, our bodies are sometimes able to ward off some of their attacks before they can cause serious illness. The...
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Summer Shots
Summer’s in the air, and you are probably stocking your cupboards with sunscreen and bug repellent to protect your kids from painful sunburns and pesky bug bites. While these preventative measures are...
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Up to Speed on Adolescent Vaccinations?
Take this quiz to find out! Today we enjoy access to information at lightning speed, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. If we have a question, the answer is merely a few taps away on our...
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Good Shots
Updated guidelines for parents. Have you ever wondered how your children’s health care provider knows which immunizations your kids need and when to administer them? The Advisory Committee on...
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Why Vaccinate?
Protecting your family from disease. Disease prevention with vaccination is one of the greatest achievements of modern medicine. In the United States, routine childhood immunizations led to a 96- to...
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Vaccines Save Lives
There has been a resurgence of vaccine preventable diseases in the past several years, including a measles outbreak in California, mumps in the Midwest and pertussis (whooping cough) nationwide....
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More Than a Shot
If you were told that a vaccine might help prevent your child from suffering from cancer in the future, wouldn’t you request it at the next healthcare visit? The human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine...
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Have a Shot
While the winter months bring holidays, joy and excitement, they also bring flu season. Contrary to popular belief, influenza is a serious illness that causes an average of 20,000 children to be...
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Timing Is Everything
From birth a child is exposed to all kinds of germs, including some that cause serious and life-threatening illnesses. Vaccines have been developed for many of these disease. Each vaccine has been...
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Before Leaving Home
In most cases, teens or young adults will see an adult healthcare provider between 18 and 21 years of age. For those who previously saw a pediatric provider, this will mean choosing a new provider,...
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Get the Facts
In the last few years, the media have covered more and more stories about outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases in the U.S. and around the world. To best protect your children, the Centers for...
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