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Helping Your Child Avoid Contagious Disease

Sending children to school introduces them to friends, fun, and education - but also to a much higher risk of exposure to contagious diseases.

In classrooms and gyms, on buses and in day care centers, children are continually touching, playing, and sharing items. Exploration and interaction are excellent ways to learn, but they also increase the chances of your child getting sick.

It is difficult to determine where some medical myths originate from, but many are old wives’ tales passed on from generation to generation (Don’t touch that toad, you’ll get a wart!!). Here are some more common, often believed medical myths.