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What to Do If Your Child Is Exposed to Mumps

Vincent Iannelli, MD / February 14, 2018 / catch-up immunization schedule, disease control, immune globulin, immunization schedule, MMR, mumps, mumps outbreaks, post-exposure prophylaxis, quarantines, third dose of MMR, travel vaccines, unvaccinated, vaccine effectiveness, Vaccine Preventable Diseases

Talk to your pediatrician if your child gets exposed to mumps, even if you think he is up-to-date on his vaccines, as some kids need a third dose of the MMR vaccine during on-going mumps outbreaks.

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What to Do If Your Child Is Exposed to Measles

Vincent Iannelli, MD / February 6, 2018 / catch-up immunization schedule, disease control, immune globulin, immunization schedule, measles, measles outbreaks, MMR, post-exposure prophylaxis, quarantines, travel vaccines, unvaccinated, vaccine effectiveness, Vaccine Preventable Diseases

Talk to your pediatrician if your child gets exposed to measles to make sure he doesn’t need post-exposure prophylaxis to keep him from getting sick, even if you think he is up-to-date on his vaccines.

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Eradicated Diseases

Vincent Iannelli, MD / September 26, 2016 / contagious, disease control, elimination, endemic, eradicated diseases, eradication, History of Vaccines, hygiene, immunizations, polio, rinderpest, sanitation, smallpox, smallpox vaccine scar, Vaccine Preventable Diseases

Vaccines work well and have helped control, eliminate, and in the case of smallpox, eradicate diseases.

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