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By KidsDirect Editorial Team Every fall, someone posts some version of “flu season always shows up right on schedule, almost like the virus checked a calendar first.” It’s a decent bit. It’s also not actually a mystery. Cold weather pushes everyone indoors for months. They end up breathing the same recycled air, and flu viruses happen to survive longer in
By KidsDirect Editorial Team The HPV vaccine tends to catch parents off guard the first time a pediatrician brings it up, mostly because of the timing. Starting it around age 11 or 12 feels early for something tied to a sexually transmitted virus. The logic is actually pretty simple once you see it. This vaccine works best when it’s given
By KidsDirect Editorial Team Almost every kid gets a stomach bug at some point, but rotavirus is a different animal in infants. It can cause days of watery diarrhea and vomiting severe enough to land a baby in the hospital with dehydration. Before the vaccine existed, that was a routine story in pediatric emergency rooms every winter. What Is Rotavirus?
By KidsDirect Editorial Team Polio used to be one of the most feared diseases in the country. It’s the kind that filled hospital wards with kids in iron lungs. Most parents today have never seen a case, and that’s not an accident. It’s the direct result of decades of vaccination. That’s exactly why the vaccine is still part of the
By KidsDirect Editorial Team Pertussis is a bacterial infection most parents know by its nickname, whooping cough. It gets that name from the sharp gasping sound a person makes while gasping for breath after a coughing fit. Adults and older kids usually shake it off after a rough few weeks. Babies don’t get off nearly that easy. What Is Whooping