The hour was late and the hospital room was small. The parents of the six-month old girl with the congenital heart defect seemed tired and sad. The doctor, then a third-year pediatric resident, presented a difficult choice. Escalate care in order to prolong the child’s life, or emphasize the little […]
Daily Archives: October 21, 2015
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Vaccinations will prevent nearly 325 million cases of disease among U.S. children born between 1994 and 2013. Yet not all children will receive all of the vaccines recommended by Healthy People 2020, a set of goals and objectives with 10-year targets for national health promotion and disease prevention. As the […]