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… provided free to a wide range of people in BC, including babies, people at increased risk of infection or serious …
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… should get the hepatitis B vaccine? The vaccine is given to babies as a series of 3 doses at 2, 4 and 6 months of age. … 1st dose 2 months 2nd dose 4 months 3rd dose 6 months Some babies are at greater risk of being infected with hepatitis … with hepatitis B virus can pass the virus to their newborn babies during delivery. When infants are infected with …
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… greyish-brown, wingless insects that live on the scalp, feeding on blood. They lay eggs (nits) on hair close to the …
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… traveling overseas, the pertussis vaccine may be given to babies at an earlier age, starting at 6 weeks of age instead … gag or spit out mucous and make it hard to breathe. In babies, pertussis can cause periods of apnea in which their breathing is interrupted. Babies less than 6 months old, immunized children, teenagers …
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… HBV infection. The hepatitis B vaccine is provided free to babies as part of their routine childhood immunizations. For … reduce the risk of passing the virus to your baby. Breastfeeding or chestfeeding is safe for your baby if your nipples aren’t cracked …
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… or in a miscarriage or still birth, although this is rare Babies born to mothers who were infected while pregnant do …
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… signs of another illness (rash, cough, vomiting, diarrhea) Babies younger than 3 months of age must be seen by a health … when they have a fever. During the first 3 months of life, babies are not always able to fight infections, so they need to be seen sooner than older babies and children with fevers. For babies 3 to 6 months, …
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… can be very serious for pregnant women and their developing babies. If a pregnant woman contracts rubella, she may have … Rubella Syndrome (CRS). CRS occurs in about 9 out of 10 babies born to women who have rubella infection in the first … immunization. Cases still occur in Canada, however, in babies born to women who immigrate to Canada as rubella …
