Vaccines are one of the safest and easiest ways parents can help their kids thrive during childhood and to grow up into healthy adults. In this article, we discuss everything you need to know about these valuable shots and highlight five specific shots you should ask your child’s pediatrician about at your child’s next check-up.
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Vaccination tops the list of things parents should do for the optimal health of their children. But like all medications, child vaccinations can sometimes come with side effects,indicating that the vaccine is working. Most of the time, children feel fine after the shots. But sometimes, the mild and temporary side effects of vaccines may occur
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