Dr. Mario Zambrano, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician with Homestead Hospital, highlights vaccines are important. "Unfortunately, there's more advertisement on cholesterol than there is on vaccines. A lot of people don't remember about people dying of tetanus or pertussis, but they do remember a relative having high cholesterol." He says even though they don't have vaccination…...

Babies who are six month can receive the flu vaccine. Dr. Scarlet Constant, Pediatrician with Baptist Health South Florida, explains when kids get the shot, the symptoms are so much milder, because they have memory cells...

Dr. Mario Zambrano, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician with Homestead Hospital, says you shouldn't listen to your neighbor, or to the pharmacist or the chiropractor about vaccines. "Listen to your physician if you trust your physician, go to reputable websites like to CDC.org, which has the latest and the greatest information on vaccines or diseases." The…...

Dr. Francisco Medina, Director of Pediatric Emergency Services and Chief of Pediatrics at Homestead Hospital, says there are a lot of misconceptions about the use of vaccines, but it is important for the physicians to know what vaccines your children have, so they can know what possible diagnoses can be determined. "Not too long ago,…...

Nowadays, the influenza vaccine is free of allergic components like eggs, latex or thimerosal, affirms Elizabeth Reinhardt, Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner with Baptist Hospital. Fear of needles is another reason why certain people refuse to receive the influenza vaccine, she says...

There is no proven link between vaccines and autism. Dr. Mario Zambrano, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician with Homestead Hospital, Vexplains few years ago there was a study published that was proven to be false. "That study was one of the biggest medical hoaxes in history and has done a lot of damage to vaccinations and…...

Dr. Mario Zambrano, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician with Homestead Hospital, says when they talk about autism, they don't know all the facts about autism, but they know for sure that vaccines are not the cause of it. He explains for other cultures that are in USA, bringing the diseases to light is very important, as…...

Dr. Mario Zambrano, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician with Homestead Hospital, explains some vaccines are live attenuated agents, like varicella, and some others are the protein derivative of the disease. "It's well known that live vaccines, like the flu vaccine, stimulate the immune system a lot better. It creates a longer protection, so we don't have…...