Vaccines and the Latest Autism Prevalence Report
What does the latest CDC report, which showed an increase in autism rates, say about vaccines and autism?
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Fainting After Vaccines
To prevent injuries from fainting after vaccines, teens should sit in a chair or lay down when getting shots, and then be observed for 15 minutes.
How Does a Mother’s Tdap Shot Protect a Newborn Baby?
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.
Influenza and Tdap Vaccination Rates Among Pregnant Women
Influenza and Tdap vaccination rates among pregnant women are still much lower than they should be, putting these moms and their babies at risk to get a vaccine preventable disease.