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Vaccines are an important component of a healthy pregnancy and there are a few things to you need to know to protect yourself and your baby from vaccine-preventable diseases. Women should be up to date on their vaccines before becoming pregnant, and should receive vaccines …Continue Reading A Healthy Start: Pregnancy and Vaccines
The latest data show that women in Massachusetts are much less likely to obtain oral health care during pregnancy than before pregnancy. That’s a trend that the Department and our partners in the provider community are working to reverse. Earlier this year DPH released the …Continue Reading Oral Health Care During Pregnancy: Spreading the Word
You may have heard a lot on the news recently about Zika virus. It causes an illness spread by mosquitoes carrying the virus. As of now, Zika virus has been found in mosquitoes in Africa, Central and South America, and the Caribbean islands. It has …Continue Reading Zika Virus and Travel: Advice for Women
Posted by Tracy Evans, MPH with help from Lindsay Tallon Tracy is a Program Coordinator at the MA Department of Public Health Once upon a time I used to be a very different person. I was the girl who would leave work at …Continue Reading Beg, Borrow, and Steal: Healthy Moms at Work
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