Higher preconception maternal and paternal vitamin B12 was tied to fewer birth defects in a Shanghai cohort of 3032 couples.
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Developments in vaccines are coming quickly
There will be many new vaccines and new vaccine recommendations over the next three years or so, two of the top experts in the vaccine arena reported today at the AAP National Conference.
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