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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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… worse or more likely to occur It is safest to keep babies younger than 12 months out of direct sunlight … child and increase the risk of heat-related illness Dress babies in one layer, with no hats or foot coverings, like … Best Chance: Sleep HealthLinkBC File #107 Safe sleeping for babies Perinatal Services BC: Safer Infant Sleep Toddler’s …
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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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… in Canada, 1 to 3 deaths occur due to pertussis, mostly in babies less than 3 months of age who have not been … or spit out mucous, and make it hard to take a breath. In babies, pertussis can cause periods of apnea in which their breathing is interrupted. Babies less than 6 months old, teenagers, and adults may not …
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… a febrile seizure, a child may have shaking or jerking movements of their body, head, arms or legs and may lose …
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… HBV infection. The hepatitis B vaccine is provided free to babies as part of their routine childhood immunizations. For …
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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 …
