Vaccine Preventable Diseases

How Does a Mother’s Tdap Shot Protect a Newborn Baby?

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Newborns and infants have the highest rates of death from pertussis and need extra protection from the Tdap shot that their mother got during her third trimester.

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Is This Chickenpox?

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Why would anyone attack a mom posting about her baby with chickenpox?

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Closing Schools During Flu Outbreaks

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When should schools close during flu outbreaks?

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A Rabies Case in Utah

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A man in Utah died because he didn’t know that his exposure to bats put him at risk for rabies.

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