July 03, 2022
Newborn humans have about 300 bones in their body; as babies grow, their bones will fuse into the standard 206-part skeleton that adults have.
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Why vaccine doses differ for babies, kids, teens and adults – an immunologist explains how your immune system changes as you mature
Our immune systems change over the course of our lives. Vaccines need to accommodate those changes.
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