Beginning in the 1950s, more children appeared to be dying during their sleep. This was a perplexing event. Why would a healthy baby simply die? This was first defined as “cot death” in a UK publication in 1953. During the 1960s, baby care experts recommended stomach sleeping over back sleeping. The front sleeping position with […]
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The first tetanus vaccines were introduced in 1914 and not much has changed in the manufacturing process since that time. The Clostridia tetani spores can only germinate and release tetanospasmin within an anaerobic (oxygen deprived) environment. Therefore, tetanus is a problem of wound hygiene, not a problem associated with vaccination status… [1 Video, Length: 29
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Each year, the masses are encouraged to rush to their doctors’ offices for their annual flu shot. Thousands of times per week, we told at every turn, “Influenza vaccination is the primary method for preventing influenza and its severe complications.” The message is used to imprint the necessity of the flu vaccine into our collective
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Course description:Honestly, there is so much information about the pertussis and the pertussis vaccine dating back to the 1920s, an entire book could be written solely on this illness and its vaccine. Even though this module has been divided into two parts, it is only a brief overview of pertussis and pertussis vaccinations. As with
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