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May 24, 2017 / Last updated : August 5, 2019 TheVaccineMom Current Health-Related Updates

Cryptosporidium: Is it safe to swim?

Somewhere between getting my daughter in her clothing and pouring cereal for my son this morning I heard the word “cryptosporidium” come out of the news anchor’s mouth. It made me stop and tune in. I took a parasitology class in grad school and I loved every minute of it because parasites are SO interesting. Cryptosporidium […]

January 19, 2014 / Last updated : April 20, 2019 TheVaccineMom Children's Vaccines

Rotavirus Vaccine (RV)

My one year old loves to stick everything she can into her mouth, including her fingers, toys, things that aren’t toys, the shopping cart handle–what I’m eluding to here is that children aren’t always the most clean creatures. However, they are cute, and we as parents want to protect them. It’s because of vaccines that […]