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As a new parent, you may feel overwhelmed to be faced with the many steps involved in taking care of a new baby’s health. One of those steps is infant immunizations. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), vaccinations are necessary for preventing infants from developing a severe illness, pain, disability, or even death from an infectious disease.
Maulin Soneji, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital, says that with early-in-life vaccinations, physicians are trying to prevent illnesses such as meningitis, pneumonia, tetanus, and whooping cough, to name a few. Infants are most at risk for these diseases within their first year of life.