Articles tagged with 'immune system' | Checkup Newsroom

By Jean YaegerEvery week, 7-year-old Landon Clayton gets an infusion of medicine that builds up his immunity to fight off infection. Nineteen-year-old Abigail Novak also receives a weekly infusion to strengthen her immune system. Thanks to those …

Just in time for the holidays a reader wrote in with this question: “My friend...was told by her grandson’s pediatrician that her grandchildren who are vaccinated should never be around any unvaccinated children. Well, the parents …

It’s not that my own pediatrician didn’t ask how my then 15-month-old daughter was sleeping. She did. I answered truthfully when I said that she slept well. She fell asleep promptly after her bath each night, or …