Protecting Your Baby Through Vaccination
Infants born to hepatitis B-positive women must receive the accurate doses of HBV vaccine and HBIG to ensure
Diseases and Vaccines
Vaccine Preventable Diseases A – Z
The use of vaccines has led to major improvements in child health over a relatively short period. Many of the infectious illnesses you or your parents had as children, from chickenpox to polio to measles, no longer affect most children today. If you follow the immunization guidelines recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), […]
Think Measles: Clinical Guidelines for Patient Evaluation, Diagnosis, and Management
This year, the United States is having more reported cases of measles than usual. Most of these cases are associated with international travel. CDC urges healthcare professionals to consider measles when evaluating patients with febrile rash and ask about a patient’s recent travel history and contact with individuals who have recently traveled abroad. Centers for […]