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Parents
What You Need to Know
On This Page:
- Understanding Vaccines & their Purpose
- Parents Who Question Vaccines
- Myths Busted
- What Risks are Parents Taking in their Child's Healthcare?
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Parents Who Question Vaccines
- Common Questions Parents Ask About Infant Immunizations
- Why immunize?
- Ten Things You Need to Know About Immunizations?
- Immunization: The basics
- Too Many Vaccines: What You Should Know
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Vaccine Education Center at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia - Vaccinate Your Baby (exit)
News and information for parents who wish to learn the truth about immunization and how best to protect their children from vaccine-preventable diseases. - A Parent's Guide to Kids' Vaccines (exit)
FDA explains to parents the steps to take when you vaccinate and commonly used vaccines - Evaluating information on the Web
- Parents Who Question Vaccines (flyer)

What Risks are Parents Taking in their Child's Healthcare?
- What If You Don't Immunize Your Child?
(exit) - What Would Happen If We Stopped Immunizations?
- Risks of Not Getting Vaccinated (exit)
- Possible Side-effects from Vaccines
- Parents of Kids with Infectious Diseases (PKIDS) (exit)
- Safety: Are vaccines safe?
Not vaccinating your child? Be aware of the risks
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Content last reviewed on August 7, 2009
Content Source: National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases

