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2019-011. Get the Flu Shot, ASAP An annual flu vaccine is the best way to fight the flu. The flu vaccine is safe and effective. The flu vaccine cannot cause the flu. The vaccine is made with “inactivated··· -
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2018-11The 2018 flu season is shaping up to be bad—potentially the worst one since 2014-2015, which was “the most severe season in recent years,” as the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) says in its lates··· -
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2018-10What are my options for the shingles vaccine? If I've already had shingles, should I get the vaccine so that I don't get shingles again? -
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2018-09Here are some tips for preventing bacterial infections in children. 1. Cleanliness and HygieneYou will be surprised to know that microbes can live from few minutes to several months in one place. It -
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2018-08The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released its 2018 vaccination recommendations with changes to shingles, human papillomavirus (HPV), and measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccination dosi -
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2018-07If you wanted to pick the most significant event in human history that reduced the spread of infectious diseases, improved sanitation including clean water and proper sewerage disposal would be number -
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2018-07Active ingredients These are the parts of the vaccine made from viruses or bacteria (also called ‘antigens’). They challenge the immune system so that it makes antibodies to fight the disease. Vacc··· -
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2018-06Thinking about getting vaccinated for human papillomavirus, popularly called HPV? Spend a little time on alternative health web sites, and you’d be hard pressed to consider the risks worth it. There ··· -
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2018-05Pharmaceutical company Merck recently won approval from the China Food and Drug Administration to sell its human papillomavirus vaccine, Gardasil, to help women fight cervical cancer. -
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2018-03Why should I vaccinate my child? Young children catch and spread the flu more than any other age group. Thousands of children are hospitalised every year; hospitalisation rates in children are much -
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2017-12As February begins, influenza activity in the United States continues to increase. According to the CDC's FluView report(www.cdc.gov) for the week ending Jan. 21, the number of states reporting w -
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2017-11Wash your hands. One of the easiest and most effective measures to prevent colds and the flu is by washing your hands thoroughly and frequently. This reduces the proliferation of bacteria and the c -
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2017-08HPV vaccine is important because it protects against cancers caused by human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. HPV is a very common virus; nearly 80 million people—about one in four—are currently infe··· -
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2017-01I think my child has a fever. What should I do? Check your child’s temperature to find out if there is a fever. An easy way to do this is by taking a temperature in the armpit using an electronic th··· -
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2016-08Rotavirus is the most common cause of severe gastroenteritis in infants and young children worldwide. Before initiation of the rotavirus vaccination program in the United States in 2006, approximately