Get answers to your most pressing questions about vaccine safety and effectiveness. Plus keep track of your child's shots with our immunization scheduler . Because vaccines are the best way to protect her from life-threatening diseases.
Shots are the part of well-baby checkups that every parent dreads.
Knowing what's coming, you'll cringe at the thought of your little one in pain. But vaccines may be the most important part of these visits. They're designed to protect your child from diseases that used to be much more prevalent in the earlier part of this century. Thanks to widespread use of vaccines, most of these illnesses are rarely seen anymore in this country. Click here for tips on how to make shots less traumatic for your baby .