Vaccines aren’t just for kids. Thousands of adults go to the hospital each year for a serious (sometimes even deadly) disease they might have avoided if they had received the vaccination to prevent it.
Because infants are vulnerable to infection with their still-developing immune systems, fevers during the first months of life are taken seriously.
There are all sorts of ways to get an infectious disease—from people and animals, to eating contaminated foods, to environmental exposure.
The immune system’s response to an infection can sometimes spin out of control, leading to a life-threatening condition called sepsis. Babies, children, and adolescents can develop sepsis.
HPV (human papillomavirus) is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the U.S., and it raises your risk for several different kinds of cancer.
Psychological assessments of children examine learning, social, behavioral and personality development to plan for =mental health and educational needs.
Children may benefit from mental health medications, which may be helpful in treating autism, obsessive compulsive disorder or depression.