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Q&A: Ask the pediatrician! Dr. Diana Blythe answers your questions about kids' health
Have a question for Dr. Blythe? Write to her at AskThePediatrician@tribune.com
May 21, 2012
Q: My school-age children have been sick with colds lately and, because of conflicting information in the news, I'm still unsure about which over-the-counter...Tags: Blindness (movie), Religion and Belief, Dining and Drinking, Down Syndrome, Disease Prevention
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Unvaccinated kids booted from Pa. classrooms
Get stuck or get out. That's the message Pennsylvania school districts gave students and their parents this year as they approached a deadline to comply with new state vaccination rules. The message, and the vaccines, seem to have penetrated — but...
Tags: Scranton, Whitehall, Mumps, Health and Safety at School, Bethlehem (Northampton, Pennsylvania)
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Why doctors fire patients: The great vaccine debate
Tribune Media ServicesA recent headline in the Wall Street Journal noted, "More doctors dismissing patients who refuse vaccines for their children." This story was especially interesting to me, as I now only accept new patients who plan to vaccinate their children. This was...Tags: American Academy of Pediatrics, Medical Specialization, Preventative Medicine, Pharmaceuticals, Health
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Chickenpox outbreak confirmed at Western School Corp.
The Indiana Department of Health has confirmed a chickenpox outbreak at Western School Corp. in Russiaville. Officials say students, faculty, and staff with no history of chickenpox and who haven't received two doses of the chickenpox vaccine will not...
Tags: Preventative Medicine, Health, Drugs and Medicines, Disease Prevention, Chickenpox
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Vaccine reduces risk of shingles
crystal.schelle@herald-mail.comDusty Graham and Ruth Thompson sat in the waiting area of Home Care Pharmacy at Hager Park on a recent Thursday morning while the area filled and emptied with people. Graham, 60, and Thompson, 65, both of Hagerstown, met for the first time that morning...Tags: Shingles, Hospitals and Clinics, Viral Diseases and Infections, Preventative Medicine, Pharmaceuticals
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`Pox Parties': Coming to a mailbox near you?
![This week, press reports emerged that some parents, hoping to avoid giving their kids the chickenpox vaccine, were arranging through <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Find-A-Pox-Party-Near-You/191922217552208?sk=wall" target="_blank">Facebook</a> to pay strangers to send them "[licked] lollipops, spit or other items" from kids with the illness.](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-11/273043220-07092206.jpg)
This week, press reports emerged that some parents, hoping to avoid giving their kids the chickenpox vaccine, were arranging through Facebook to pay strangers to send them "[licked] lollipops, spit or other items" from kids with the illness.
The idea...Tags: Facebook, University of Southern California, Diseases and Illnesses, Viral Diseases and Infections, Preventative Medicine
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Online Dish: Parents Selling Chickenpox Laced Lollipops
KIAHNo one wants to get the chicken pox, especially when you're older. But now parents are so scared their kids will get the lil red bumps they are taking matters into their own hands. Weary of the chickenpox vaccine, some parents are actually subjecting...Tags: Facebook, Diseases and Illnesses, Viral Diseases and Infections, Preventative Medicine, Health
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'Pox parties': Coming to a mailbox near you?
![This week, press reports emerged that some parents, hoping to avoid giving their kids the chickenpox vaccine, were arranging through <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Find-A-Pox-Party-Near-You/191922217552208?sk=wall" target="_blank">Facebook</a> to pay strangers to send them "[licked] lollipops, spit or other items" from kids with the illness.](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-11/305308980-07110030.jpg)
Los Angeles Times/ Booster Shots blogThis week, press reports emerged that some parents, hoping to avoid giving their kids the chickenpox vaccine, were arranging through Facebook to pay strangers to send them "[licked] lollipops, spit or other items" from kids with the illness. The idea...Tags: University of Southern California, University of California, Los Angeles, Diseases and Illnesses, Viral Diseases and Infections, Preventative Medicine
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Reports of chicken pox in area
ALBA -- Public health officials are reminding parents to check their children's immunization records after several cases of chickenpox were reported in Antrim County.
The outbreak affects students at Concord Montessori and Community School in Alba, but...Tags: Pneumonia, Shingles, Viral Diseases and Infections, Preventative Medicine, Health
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Make-up test on your kids' vaccinations
HealthMore than two months ago, The Morning Call Health Blog reminded parents that althought the end of the school year had just begun, it still was a good time to think of the coming school year -- in particular, the updated school vaccination regulations. Now... -
Back-to-school can mean vaccines for tweens, teens
WASHINGTON — Backpack. Notebooks. Whooping cough shot?
If you haven't worried about back-to-school shots since your tween or teen was entering kindergarten, better put vaccines on the to-do list.
Older kids need a few new immunizations starting at...Tags: Cancer, Coughing, Colleges and Universities, Preventative Medicine, Pharmaceuticals
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Vaccination Debate: As Kentucky requires more immunizations, a Danville mom blames shot for son's debilitation
msimpson@amnews.comConflicting labels are stuck to vaccines — villainous and vital. The majority of Americans credit Edward Jenner’s innovations with preventing countless Americans from getting measles, mumps, rubella, polio and other once-prevalent diseases. ...Tags: Migraine, Mumps, Pharmaceuticals, Health and Safety at School, Pediatrics
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