vaccines
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CDC says it’s flu vaccine time — here’s what you need to know
Get your tissues ready — flu season is coming. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends getting the flu vaccine by late October.
- WellnessKorin Miller
There are 2 types of flu shots to choose from: Which one should you get?
They’re known as the trivalent vaccine and the quadrivalent vaccine.
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A new cat allergy vaccine may make sniffling and sneezing a thing of the past
Researchers have developed a new vaccine to make you less allergic to cats. And you're not the one who even needs to get the shot.
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Ohio reports first case of measles in two years amid national outbreak
Health officials in Ohio urge parents to get children vaccinated against highly contagious illnesses such as measles.
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Woman shares harrowing battle with bacterial infection that caused her limbs to ‘literally decay in front of me’
Jamie Schanbaum thought she was coming down with the flu, not realizing she was in the throes of bacterial meningitis —
LifestyleRachel Grumman BenderParents have an important message after daughter passed away in college
“All of a sudden, within two days, we lost her.”
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Mom raised in anti-vaxxer household decided to vaccinate her daughters. Then the internet attacked.
A mom who was raised in an anti-vax household, but vaccinated her own daughters, posted on Facebook that she's "glad" her children "don’t need to suffer."
LifestyleKorin MillerWhat it’s like to develop meningitis in college: 'I couldn’t walk'
Meningitis is one of those scary-sounding diseases you hear about, but assume you’ll never actually get. That wasn’t the case for 19-year-old Krystle Beauchamp Grindley.
LifestyleKerry JustichMom of 5-month-old with measles blames ‘negligence of other parents’ for daughter’s virus
The mother of a 5-month-old girl who is now Alabama’s first confirmed case of the measles is being criticized online after making comments about the “carelessness of other mothers” who didn’t get their children vaccinated.
LifestyleErin Donnelly'Brady Bunch' star slams anti-vaxxers for using measles episode to promote their claims
“As a mother, my daughter was vaccinated,” says Maureen McCormick, who played Marcia Brady, in response to an old episode which portrays the virus as harmless.
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4 scary health issues that should be on your college-bound child’s radar
Colleges can be a hotbed for germs with so many students living in close quarters. So making sure your teen knows the symptoms of certain health conditions — especially more serious ones — and what to do are crucial.
