2023
April
24,
2023
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16:06 PM
America/Chicago
National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW) is a yearly observance highlighting the importance of protecting children 2 years and younger from vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs). The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Academy …
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2020
December
09,
2020
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15:53 PM
America/Chicago
COVID-19 vaccines are widely considered essential to returning to some sense of normalcy and an end to this pandemic. In the latest findings of the probability-based online Gallup Panel Survey, 63% of Americans say they are willing to be immunized …
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July
20,
2020
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12:08 PM
America/Chicago
Since the arrival of COVID-19, a desperate search for a vaccine to fight the pandemic has ensued worldwide. However, despite this present-day example of the importance of vaccination, immunization rates at Cook Children's have dipped.
From …
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2019
September
18,
2019
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13:41 PM
America/Chicago
With unseasonably warm weather hovering in the mid-90s, most Texans probably aren’t thinking about the cold and flu season right around the corner.
And only time will tell for sure, but some indicators lean toward a potentially severe …
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August
28,
2019
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11:15 AM
America/Chicago
By Alice Phillips, M.D.
As a pediatrician, I have been lucky to practice medicine in the post-vaccine era. Although I have watched kids struggle with whooping cough, meningitis, mumps and pneumonia, I am happy to say I have never seen many of the …
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August
15,
2019
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08:54 AM
America/Chicago
Whenever a story is posted on Cook Children’s social media pages, especially Facebook, we expect a certain amount of responses from those who refuse vaccines for their children or who are vaccine-hesitant families or patients.
Regardless of …
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August
07,
2019
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16:16 PM
America/Chicago
In the summer of 1990 I was about to turn 17 and preparing for my senior year of high school. I was enrolled in Drivers Ed and thinking about which colleges I should apply. All normal events in any teenage life. Except that summer, my 22-year old …
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June
13,
2019
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15:34 PM
America/Chicago
“Is it safe to go to the park?” “Can we go to the mall?”
Alice Phillips, M.D., a Cook Children’s pediatrician in Fort Worth – Cityview, hears the worry in the voices of many of her patient families. …
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May
16,
2019
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09:39 AM
America/Chicago
Although she wouldn’t call herself “100% anti-vax” at the time, Amanda Carroll declined to give her first-born son his hepatitis B vaccine at birth.
With the next group of shots scheduled at his 2-month checkup, Amanda and her …
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May
10,
2019
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13:46 PM
America/Chicago
Out of 25 counties in the U.S. with the highest risk for a measles outbreak, Tarrant County ranks number 12 according to research published in the latest edition of The Lancet Infectious Diseases.
To identify the hot spots, researchers from the …
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May
01,
2019
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10:07 AM
America/Chicago
This is my sweet patient Olivia.
Olivia is 7 years old and has fought a battle that most 7 year olds (and 70 year olds) have never and will never face.
Olivia has spent the last two years in and out of Cook Children’s battling …
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2018
April
11,
2018
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13:17 PM
America/Chicago
From the American Academy of Pediatrics:
More effective. Early vaccination prevents substantially more pre-cancer than late vaccination.
Long lasting. Current evidence shows that the HPV vaccination does not wear off.
Low risk of exposure. …
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February
19,
2018
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14:17 PM
America/Chicago
Every year in the United States, about 31,000 women and men are diagnosed with a cancer caused by HPV infection. According to the CDC, HPV vaccination can prevent most of the cancers (about 28,000) from occurring.
So why aren’t more people …
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January
09,
2018
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14:40 PM
America/Chicago
This year’s flu vaccine effectiveness has been questioned.
“Should I even bother getting the vaccine,” I get asked.
“Yes. You should definitely still get your child’s flu vaccine.”
Here’s why.
Is …
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2017
August
14,
2017
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14:18 PM
America/Chicago
As a new school year begins, so do the arguments about vaccinations.
Texas Department of State Health Services, which receives the information from schools of students who have declined vaccination says, “Maintaining …
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April
13,
2017
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14:42 PM
America/Chicago
If your child had a weak immune system, would you want to know the vaccine rates at their school?
House Bill 2249 would require the Texas Department of State Health Services to provide reports every other year on vaccine-preventable outbreaks and …
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2016
September
13,
2016
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10:34 AM
America/Chicago
The flu season has already begun at Cook Children’s. In late August, a patient was diagnosed with Flu B, the earliest case in at least three years, and physicians expect this to be only the beginning.
With the upcoming season, now is …
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August
29,
2016
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16:42 PM
America/Chicago
The growing ambivalence many parents show toward vaccines leaves Tom Rogers, M.D., frustrated.
After more than 56 years as a pediatrician, Dr. Rogers, a Cook Children's pediatrician at the Forest Park practice in Fort Worth, knows …
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August
16,
2016
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10:51 AM
America/Chicago
As a new school year begins, a 12-year-long trend of parents refusing to vaccinate their children may put your child at risk.
That’s the concern of Justin Smith, M.D., a pediatrician at Cook Children’s. The Houston Chronicle reported …
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August
15,
2016
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09:32 AM
America/Chicago
August is National Immunization Awareness Month. This month, we are educating about vaccine-preventable diseases and the ways you can protect yourself and your family from them. Vaccines are #savinglivessilently.
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August
01,
2016
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14:50 PM
America/Chicago
Let’s get real and talk about varicella (chickenpox). I feel like varicella is a severely underestimated virus. Most people our age had a mild version of chickenpox as a child, I had it at age 10, and that was that. We weren’t educated …
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August
01,
2016
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09:33 AM
America/Chicago
My daughter Abby is fully vaccinated. I made this decision for her without any hesitation.
The physicians, nurse practitioners, and staff at Cook Children's Willow Park Pediatrics have all fully vaccinated their children. Every …
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March
16,
2016
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14:20 PM
America/Chicago
Not getting your child vaccinated puts them and others at risk.
We have said this before (many times), but a new study shows just how true this statement is.
A recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) …
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January
11,
2016
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09:03 AM
America/Chicago
Mark Zuckerburg had his baby vaccinated and I don’t particularly care.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m glad he had his baby vaccinated for his baby’s sake, but I don’t want it to affect your decision to vaccinate at …
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2015
December
23,
2015
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13:12 PM
America/Chicago
By Jason Terk, M.D.
“Epic fail.”
A couple of years ago, this was the phrase that my teenage son used as I unsuccessfully attempted to beat him in a game we were playing. At the time, I thought to myself that it was a harsh but …
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November
30,
2015
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14:30 PM
America/Chicago
Are we there yet? “No.”
Are we there yet? “No. 5 more minutes.”
Are we there yet? “No. I will tell you when we get there!”
Did anyone hear this or something like it last week?
We’ve been asking a …
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November
11,
2015
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09:15 AM
America/Chicago
Researchers may have created a possibly revolutionary needle-free vaccine against respiratory syncytial virus, better known as RSV.
The vaccine is only in the beginning stages and part of ongoing research, so it will not be available to the …
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September
21,
2015
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16:15 PM
America/Chicago
The upcoming flu season leaves many questions, but one thing remains certain for Mary Suzanne Whitworth, M.D., the medical director of Infectious Diseases at Cook Children’s.
“Vaccinations are still the best answer to preventing the …
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September
17,
2015
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15:55 PM
America/Chicago
Do vaccines cause autism?
No.
So why are we discussing this issue again?
Because Donald Trump linked vaccinations to autism in last night's debate between Republican presidential candidates.
“Autism has become an epidemic, …
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September
10,
2015
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10:38 AM
America/Chicago
As a parent, your instinct is to protect your child at all costs.
However, some moms and dads may not realize the harm they are doing their newborn by not getting themselves or their older children vaccinated for whooping cough, or …
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