How we can all help protect babies with immunizations

Immunizations: A healthy baby boy laying on a bed on his stomach

Harvard Health Blog When you are pregnant, what you hear from people around you makes a difference. You want to do the right thing for your child; if someone you trust gives you advice, you listen. That’s why we need to be sure that pregnant women get good advice. In a study published in the […]

National Infant Immunization Week Special Report

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Photo courtesy of Chicago Department of Public Health [spacer style=”3″] The Measles Outbreak: Why It’s Back and What to Do By Carroll Cole When we think of measles, we think of our grandparents and horrific stories of a past before modern medicine. The scary truth is that it’s still around and it’s highly contagious. It’s […]

A Quiet Killer

HPV Vaccine, Chicago Health Magazine Online

HPV awareness can save lives The Human Papillomavirus, commonly known as HPV, is quietly claiming the lives of thousands of women each year. What makes this stealthy killer so dangerous, besides the fact that there are almost always no signs of infection, is the reluctance of the American public to recognize infection can be prevented. […]