Staying healthy and immunized is a lifelong process.

As we enter the spring season, the sunlight warms up our world and the birds and the bees re-emerge, giving many people a burst of positivity and a restless desire to get outside and mingle after a long winter.

For teens and tweens who may be spending time in large groups for school, or exploring new relationships, staying healthy is especially important. Several potentially serious illnesses – such as invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) and human papilloma virus (HPV) – may be spread by close contact with others who may not even realize they have these infections. That’s why it’s so important to keep up on vaccines...  Read more

Vaccines play a key role early on in our lives. As children, our parents cuddled us reassuringly as we received a quick injection at the pediatrician’s, desperate to distract us from impending pain. There may have also been promises of ice cream in exchange for avoiding the inevitable tantrum that would far surpass the time spent in the doctor’s care. All jokes aside, though, in our first months and years of life, vaccines contributed to ensuring our likelihood of infant survival.

Back to the beginning: understanding vaccines

Vaccines help our immune systems block potential attacks from ...  Read more