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Allergies in the Classroom: How to Prepare Your Child for a Safe School Year

The first day of school should be exciting for your child, not stressful. Yet for parents of children with allergies, the excitement is often mixed with concern. Will the cafeteria have allergy-safe options? Will classmates bring peanut butter snacks? Will spring pollen drift in through the open windows? Classroom allergies are not a rare problem; they’re part of everyday life for millions of families. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that ...

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Back-to-School Vaccines: What’s Required and What’s Recommended

Every August, as parents shop for notebooks, backpacks, and new shoes, school nurses across Massachusetts are looking at something entirely different: immunization records. Whether your child is entering kindergarten, middle school, or high school, the start of a new academic year often comes with vaccine requirements. Massachusetts has some of the strongest school immunization laws in the country. These rules aren’t in place to make your life more complicated; they’re designed to protect ...

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Top 5 School-Year Illnesses (and How to Spot Them Early)

As the school year kicks into gear, so does something parents dread: the return of classroom germs. No matter how careful your child is about washing their hands or covering their mouth when coughing, schools are the perfect environment for bacteria and viruses to spread. In Beverly and surrounding North Shore communities, we see a spike in certain illnesses every year once kids are back in classrooms, cafeterias, and sports programs. These illnesses can spread ...

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