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February 22, 2014 / Last updated : April 20, 2019 TheVaccineMom Children's Vaccines

Varicella (chickenpox) Vaccine

I don’t know about you, but I REMEMBER getting the chickenpox as a young child. It was itchy and awful. And oatmeal baths! Oh, the oatmeal baths!! Because this is most often a children’s disease, I thought it would be appropriate to litter this post with the some of the cute photos from one of my […]

February 17, 2014 / Last updated : April 20, 2019 TheVaccineMom Vaccine Terminology

How are vaccines made and released to the public?

A vaccine’s main goal is to teach your immune system to recognize and remember a bacteria or virus. The word “vaccination” means to stimulate the immune system to make antibodies against the bacteria or virus targeted by the vaccine. “Immunization” is different; it’s used in relation to injecting a person with pre-formed antibodies to a particular […]