Sentences with phrase «mothers against flu»
«In resource - poor settings, vaccinating mothers against flu can protect newborns too, new study finds that.»
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The video's sentiments have resonated with mothers; on BabyCenter.com, one poster, hugs4Jack, called the clip «hilarious» and said she'd been called «barbaric and just plain mean for having my son circumsized, lazy and selfish for «giving up» on breast feeding and for buying jarred baby food instead of making my own, abusive for feeding my kid McDonald's, flamed for vaccinating my child against the flu, the list goes on... I don't know why we can't all just agree to disagree.
Since infants less than 6 months of age can not get the flu shot (it won't work), antibodies against the flu are transferred to the baby from the mother before birth and through breast milk.
Vaccinating pregnant mothers year - round against flu in the resource - challenged region of subtropical Nepal reduced infant flu virus infection rates by an average of 30 percent, increased birth weights by 15 percent and resulted in babies having less influenza, according to a study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.
«We launched this study to not only track how prior vaccination affects immune responses in expectant mothers, but also to see whether it affects how well antibodies against the flu are transferred from the mother to the baby.»
In the group whose mothers had been vaccinated against flu, vaccine efficacy was nearly 70 percent in the first four months after birth.
A kitten will receive antibodies from its mother if she is immune to cat flu, but this will only offer short - term immunity against feline herpes.
Women who breastfeed have a reduced risk for developing osteoporosis, breast and ovarian cancers and type 2 diabetes, among other health benefits... Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is currently advising mothers to protect infants against the swine flu outbreak by breastfeeding and states that one of the «best things» mothers can do for babies who become ill is to continue to breastfeed.