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Even if you create the perfect environment for your child inside your home, she'll be spending a lot of time outside, where surroundings are somewhat less controllable. Your personal supervision will remain the most valuable protection.

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How Climate Change Can Make Children Sick: What Parents Need to Know

Changes to our climate and weather patterns are, in turn, changing the kinds of infectious diseases that make children sick. Examples include diseases carried by mosquitoes and ticks, water-borne infectious diseases and the growth of toxic algae in waterways. Here's what parents need to know.

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