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Protecting babies and young children with vaccines
As summer starts to wind down and back-to-school commercials take over TV channels, there’s another important message parents should tune-in for: National Immunization Awareness Month. August marks the annual observance of National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM)...
Yes, preteens & teens still need vaccines! Send them back-to-school safe
As the sun sets on another Pure Michigan summer, back-to-school season is in full swing. When stocking up on all the essentials for a successful school year, don’t leave vaccines off the list. Just in time for back-to-school, August is National Immunization Awareness...
Getting ready for back-to-school and protecting your child with vaccines
August is the time to trade swimsuits for backpacks but it also marks the start of another important transition: National Immunization Awareness Month. National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM) is dedicated to educating the public with factual vaccine information....
Protect yourself and pass protection on to your baby
From the moment you find out you’re pregnant, everything changes. You might change the way you eat or take different vitamins. You research car seats and cribs. You pick out paint colors for the walls. You want to do everything to prepare. But did you know that one of...
Tell Your Story: National Immunization Awareness Month
Vaccines are an emotional topic for many Michigan parents. This video highlights voices from real parents who support vaccination – and why. As parents, we weigh the benefits and risks of any decision we make for our kids, including choosing to vaccinate. The good...
Whooping cough spreads among Amish in Michigan
Coldwater — A health official says cases of whooping cough are spreading among Amish residents in southwestern Michigan. Val Newton, prevention services director for the Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Community Health Agency, told the agency’s board Thursday that...
Health department urges early immunizations for school kids
GRAND RAPIDS, MI - The Kent County Health Department is urging parents and guardians to make sure their summer plans include making an appointment to get their children immunized so they can return to school. Michigan law bars students who do not have an up-to-date...
Roberts: Keep our kids safe from disease
More than 60 years ago at the University of Michigan, Dr. Jonas Salk unveiled the first effective vaccine to combat polio. Three years prior to the announcement, polio had afflicted 58,000 individuals. Infections plummeted with the availability and administration of...
University of Iowa leads experimental chikungunya vaccine study
OWA CITY, Iowa (KWQC) - The University of Iowa is one of three sites in the United States that will be enrolling participants for a clinical trial of an experimental vaccine for a debilitating inflammatory virus called chikungunya. Researchers will enroll healthy...
The Importance Of Getting Vaccination Before Traveling Abroad
Traveling abroad for a holiday can be fun, but if you come back sick, or even worse, spread it around back at home, it won't be a happy story. Not getting the right vaccinations when you are going outside the country can be a source of trouble. According to a recent...