New parents are often surprised by the number of vaccines their pediatricians recommend during their baby's first year of life. Most infants will receive multiple injections at each routine visit to the doctor, and it can be overwhelming to keep...
If you are a new parent, one of your biggest fears is getting your infant sick. Babies are vulnerable to viral and bacterial infections and may become severely ill from the same infections that cause only mild illness in an older child or adult....
Before the introduction of the polio vaccine, an average of 16,316 people in the U.S. contracted polio every year, but in 2008 not a single person living in the U.S. contracted the disease, according to the National Institute of Allergy and...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have developed a recommended vaccination schedule for infants, with the majority of vaccines scheduled when the child is six to 18 months old. Many parents are justifiably concerned about exposing...
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends a routine vaccination schedule for all infants born in the United States. These vaccinations help to protect your baby against measles, mumps, rubella, diphtheria, pertussis, chicken pox and hepatitis,...
In the United States, children receive vaccinations for a host of diseases. These include polio, chicken pox, hepatitis B, tetanus, hepatitis, rubella, mumps, measles, pneumococcus, haemophilus influenza, diphtheria, pertussis and yearly flu...
For the 2009-2010 flu season, the Food and Drug Administration approved two vaccines, Fluria and Fluzone, for administration in infants six months and older. No vaccine is approved for administration in infants younger than six months. As with...
