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• New TV show bolsters autism myth, doctors say
If parents watch this program and choose to deny their children immunizations, ABC will share in the responsibility for the suffering and deaths that occur as a result. The consequences of a decline in immunization rates could be devastating to the ...
• Tips to help kids cope with shot pain
There are medical strategies to ease the crying. Bennett’s office recently began what he calls tag-team shots. When a child needs two immunizations that don’t come together in one syringe, two nurses give them simultaneously. The child’s brain ...
• Mom's flu shot in pregnancy protects newborn
Doctors have known for years that immunizations given to a woman can protect her newborn, so there was no reason to believe the flu vaccine would not work the same way, said Steinhoff. "We always assumed it, but nobody's done the study before," he ...
• 9 million children worldwide died before age 5
Efforts to promote breastfeeding, immunizations and anti-malaria measures have helped cut child deaths to 9.2 million from 9.7 million a year ago and 12.7 million in 1990, the figures from the United Nations Children’s Fund showed. “Since 1960 ...
• What you need to know about immunizations - Tips- msnbc.com
From parasites to malaria to the dreaded bird flu, international travelers are exposed to many serious diseases around the globe — but it's better to be prepared than scared.