Articles Tagged: vaccinations
Measles: Symptoms to spot and how to protect your child
Before the MMR vaccine at 13 months, babies are at risk of measles. Find out what symptoms to look for
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Why I think it's selfish not to immunise your children
Can you imagine how frightening it must be to see your beautiful eight-week-old baby girl turn blue and fight for her life? The sheer panic and hysteria that takes hold as you try desperately to save her. This is exactly what happened to my tiny goddaughter Emily just recently.
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Your baby at three months
Your two to three-month-old is learning fast, and you'll be amazed at how accomplished he can become in quite a short time. During this period of time he will reward you with lovely smiles – real ones, not just windy grimaces!
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Vaccinate your kids against whooping cough urge medics as cases more than double
Whooping cough cases rose by a 147% last year, prompting medics to urge parents to get their children vaccinated.
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Vaccination mistakes
GPs and nurses have been urged to take more care with immunisations after 108 patients, mostly children, were found to have ...
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The Newborn Diaries: A trip to the health visitor
I've been dreading going to the health visitor. The last time I went (admittedly weeks ago), it was dispiriting, with Diana ...
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Do you vaccinate your children?
There are a whole host of decisions you have to make when you become parents -- some are huge and others are less important ...
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V: What is a vaccine?
A vaccine, or immunisation, is a biological preparation that contains a fragment of a particular disease, or a synthetic ...
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