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All Posts Tagged With: "Vaccinations"

16
Oct
2009

Study: Giving Babies Tylenol Before Vaccinations May Make Shots Less Effective

New Research suggests that giving babies Tylenol to prevent fever when they get childhood vaccinations could make the shots a little less effective.

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10
Nov
2008

Amanda Peet’s Vaccination PSA

After all of the vaccination controversy this summer, Amanda Peet has filmed a PSA urging parents to vaccinate their infants.
Here it is:

More Parents Vaccinating Their Toddlers

Federal health officials recently announced that U.S. toddlers got the recommended vaccinations against childhood diseases at record levels in 2007.
The findings based on data from 17,017 children:

A record 77.4% of children in this age group received the full recommended series of vaccinations
99% of children got all but one of the six individual vaccines in [...]

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23
Aug
2008

Australian Couple On The Run After Refusing To Vaccinate Their Baby

Authorities are still searching for a Sydney couple who are in hiding after refusing to have their newborn baby vaccinated against hepatitis B.
Doctors say that the baby, who is four days old, runs a high risk of contracting it unless he is immunised within days because his mother has had the virus for several [...]

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17
Jul
2008

Amanda Peet ‘Explains’ Parasite Comment

During a recent interview for Cookie Magazine new mom Amanda Peet slammed parents who don’t vaccinate their children calling them parasites.
Some backlash has prompted the star to explain her comment in a letter sent to the magazine’s editor.
I wanted to address my comment in Cookie magazine that “parents who don’t vaccinate their children are [...]

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11
Jul
2008

Amanda Peet Takes On The Vaccine Issue

This month Amanda Peet gives Cookie Magazine a frank interview about motherhood and her crazy shopping habits. The part of the interview I enjoyed the most was how feisty she got about the subject of vaccinations.
During her pregnancy, Amanda turned neurotic and began calling her older sister’s husband, a Philadelphia pediatrician, “every five minutes” [...]

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29
Apr
2008

Are Your Kids Vaccinations Up To Date?

In a report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researchers say that more than a quarter of American children are not meeting the U.S. government’s recommendations for childhood vaccinations.
Looking at children between 18 months and their 3rd birthday, the CDC researchers found that 28 percent did not meet vaccination recommendations. The results [...]

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16
Nov
2007

Parents in Maryland Could Face Jailtime For Not Vaccinating Their Kids

A special hearing has been set up tomorrow to give parents in Prince George County, MD the choice: Get their children vaccinated on the spot or risk up to 10 days in jail and fines.
More than 2,000 students in this suburban county have yet to get the shots they need to attend class.
It is one [...]

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