Why Parents Should Vaccinate Their Children

Leading Research to Understand, Treat, and Prevent Infectious, Immunologic, and Allergic Diseases          Visit us on the Web Vaccines are essential to protecting children against serious and sometimes deadly infectious diseases, such as measles, mumps, rubella, and whooping cough. The vaccinations not only protect the vaccinated child but also contribute to a larger umbrella of protection known as "herd immunity." This helps prevent the spread of disease to those who cannot be vaccinated, including newborns who are too young to be vaccinated, and people with compromised immune systems, who cannot effectively develop antibodies to fend off disease.  This week is #InfantImmunizationWeek. In a new statement, NIAID Director Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., details the importance of childhood vaccinations. Read the statement here at: https://www.niaid.nih.gov/news-events/importance-childhood-vaccinations.   Update your subscriptions, modify your password or e-mail address, or stop subscriptions at any time on your Subscriber Preferences Page. You will need to use your e-mail address to log in. If you have questions or problems with the subscription service, please contact subscriberhelp.govdelivery.com. This service is provided to you at no charge by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). This email was sent to myhcistech.healthnews360@blogger.com using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 5601 Fishers Lane · Bethesda, MD 20892 · 1-866-284-4107