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Perri Klass

  • Professor of Journalism and Pediatrics, New York University
  • Contributor, The Boston Globe
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Three mistakes grandparents make when it comes to a baby’s car seat

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By Perri Klass
| Garland Journal Verified
By Perri Klass The Philadelphia Tribune https://www.phillytrib.com/news Child safety expert Kimberlee Mitchell, left, installs a car seat for Kennedy Word, 8 months old, as mom Kimberly St. Louis looks on during a car seat check hosted by Dorel Juvenile Group, AAA and the New York City Department of Transportation. —2010 AP IMAGES PHOTO FOR DOREL JUVENILE GROUP/DAVID GOLDMAN How are there so many new car seat “rules” that didn’t exist when my kids were young? And do I really need to follow them?
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Three mistakes grandparents make when it comes to a baby’s car seat

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By Perri Klass
| Philadelphia Tribune Verified
How are there so many new car seat “rules” that didn’t exist when my kids were young? And do I really need to follow them? When my first baby was born, back in the 1980s, I could see that my parents — his loving, cautious, anxious grandparents — didn’t really understand all the fuss about car seats. With fond perplexity, they watched us wrestle the rather primitive rear-facing infant car seat of the moment into and out of our little two-door hatchback.
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What travelers should know about measles and other vaccine-preventable diseases

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By Perri Klass
| The Seattle Times Verified
With misinformation and disinformation, vaccination rates for measles are worryingly down, and other serious — though vaccine-preventable — diseases are also showing up, among them, whooping cough, rotavirus, meningitis and serious cases of influenza. Doctors are also concerned about the reemergence of polio. In the United States, there were more cases of measles last year than in any other year since the virus was declared eliminated in 2000, a status the country is now poised to lose.
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