Vaccination
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Anti-vaxxer regrets not vaccinating child after he nearly dies: 'I played Russian roulette with my son’s health'
A self-proclaimed "anti-vaxxer" from New Zealand revealed on-air that she nearly cost her son his life after she chose not to vaccinate him. In an interview with radio station The Hits, Ally Edward-Lasenby, who had vaccinated one of
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Mum urges parents to vaccinate their children, shares photos of her newborn with measles
A mum has shared her daughter’s harrowing experience on Facebook with the aim of encouraging other parents to vaccinate their children. UK mum Jilly Moss shared photos of her newborn daughter, Alba, who contracted measles.
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Australia to fine parents who don't vaccinate their children
Parents who don't keep up to date with their children's immunisations face benefit cuts.
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Mumps is making a comeback — here's what you need to know
In 2016, the U.S. experienced more than 6,000 cases of the highly contagious viral disease — more mumps cases than the country had seen annually in 10 years.
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New mother urges pregnant women to get whooping cough vaccination
In the video, Cormit describes how she was offered the vaccination during her 28th week of pregnancy, "but being the healthy, fit, organic woman that I am, I said ‘Leave me alone, I don’t need this crap’”.
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Meningitis Vaccination Is A Go: All Babies Will Be Offered The New Vaccine
The new vaccination will be offered to all babies in the UK. A new programme to vaccinate all newborn babies against meningitis B has started in the UK. Once approved, the Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt confirmed that it should be available by the end of the year – making it’s September launch ahead of schedule.