New Car Seat Recommendations

The American Academy of Pediatrics has published new recommendations for using infant car seats.  The big news is a push to keep infants in rear facing car seats for up to 2 years, if possible.  Recent reviews of available crash data suggest a significant decrease in...

New Immunization Requirements

The Connecticut Department of Public Health released new immunization requirements last week for school and pre-K programs. Unfortunately, these requirements will be in effect as of August 1st, 2011, so it is important for people who may have already had their annual...

Vaccine Preventable Diseases

There have been two national news stories about measles this week. http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/03/us-boston-measles-idUSTRE72206D20110303 http://www.theindychannel.com/travelgetaways/27012318/detail.html It is likely that most people in Connecticut have...