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Get vaccinated (against mumps or chickenpox, for example) Practice good hand washing; Practice other general good health measures;
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About one month after your baby is born he or she is given the first of three hepatitis B (hepB) vaccinations. Then comes the diphtheria, tetanus, and acellular pertussis (DTaP) vaccine; haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine (Hib); pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV); inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV); measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine and so on..
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Immunization (vaccination) is a way to trigger your immune system and prevent serious, life-threatening diseases. See also: Babies and shots
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Vaccine administered, usually to a baby or child, to prevent infection with a specific serious illness. People are given immunizations to protect them from serious illnesses. The vaccines used in immunization are actually weakened doses of the org...
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