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Peanut allergy treatment even safer when started within infants’ first year
New evidence from BC Children’s Hospital and University of British Columbia (UBC) researchers shows babies can safely be treated for peanut allergies. This follows the team’s groundbreaking findings in 2019 that demonstrated toddlers and preschoolers can safely overcome peanut allergies with a treatment called oral immunotherapy.
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Study finds immunity waned against RSV in infants and women of childbearing age during pandemic
A new study published in The Journal of Infectious Disease examined how the COVID-19 pandemic may have changed women’s and children’s immunity to respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).
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The importance of grandparents
Intergenerational Day, June 1, was launched in B.C. in 2010 out of the momentum created by World Elder Abuse Awareness Day and spread quickly across Canada. We talk to a researcher at BC Children’s Hospital about why it’s important to recognize the special bond between grandparents and their grandchildren.
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