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Autoimmune disorders

  • Celiac disease and your child
  • Type 1 diabetes and COVID-19
  • Type 1 diabetes in school

Illnesses and infections

  • COVID-19 and your child
  • Colds in children
  • Common infections and your child
  • Croup (laryngo-tracheo-bronchitis)
  • Dehydration and diarrhea in children: Prevention and treatment
  • Ear infections
  • Epilepsy at school
  • Febrile seizures
  • Fever and temperature taking
  • Fifth disease (Erythema Infectiosum)
  • Giardia
  • Hand, foot and mouth disease
  • Head lice
  • Hepatitis C in pregnancy
  • Impetigo
  • Influenza in children
  • Jaundice in newborns
  • Lyme disease
  • Molluscum contagiosum
  • Pinkeye (Conjunctivitis)
  • Pinworms
  • RSV (Respiratory syncytial virus)
  • Ringworm
  • Roseola
  • Scabies
  • Strep throat
  • Thrush
  • Urinary tract infections
  • West Nile virus

Vaccine-preventable diseases

  • 5-in-1 or 6-in-1 vaccine
  • Chickenpox
  • Diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis (dTap) vaccine
  • HPV: What teens need to know
  • Hepatitis A
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  • Influenza in children
  • Measles
  • Meningococcal disease
  • Mumps
  • Pertussis (Whooping cough)
  • Pneumococcal infections
  • Rotavirus
  • Rubella (German measles) in pregnancy

Health care and treatments

  • Health research in children: What parents need to know
  • Helping your teen with special health needs move to adult care
  • How to make sure antibiotics are the right choice
  • Making treatment decisions for babies, children and teens
  • Natural health products and children
  • Paediatricians in Canada: Frequently asked questions
  • Planning care for children and youth with serious medical conditions
  • Reducing the danger of infection for children with spleen problems
  • Supporting your child through a brief medical procedure
  • When your child needs a red blood cell transfusion
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