Are you worrying about the suitability of influenza vaccine for your baby? A study in the journal Pediatrics reports that the flu shot can be safe to healthy children 6 to 24 months of age:

“We see no indications of serious side effects from the influenza vaccine in young children, and we would urge parents to have their young children vaccinated against influenza,” Dr. Michael J. Goodman from HealthPartners Research Foundation, Minneapolis, Minnesota told Reuters Health.

Flu vaccine safe in healthy infants [Reuters via yahoo]

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