Childhood Immunization (Print Version)

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Childhood Immunization

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Latest News

Despite Vaccines, Whooping Cough Creeps Back (11/01/2004, Reuters Health) - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_20990.html (*this news item will not be available after 12/01/2004)
Teens, Parents Alerted to Possibility of Pertussis (10/25/2004, Reuters Health) - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_20838.html (*this news item will not be available after 11/24/2004)
UK Develops Cheap Child Vaccine for World's Poor (10/19/2004, Reuters Health) - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_20717.html (*this news item will not be available after 11/18/2004)

From the National Institutes of Health

Understanding Vaccines (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) - Links to PDF File - Large file - http://www.niaid.nih.gov/publications/vaccine/pdf/undvacc.pdf

Overviews

Childhood Vaccines: What They Are and Why Your Child Needs Them (American Academy of Family Physicians) - http://familydoctor.org/028.xml
Also available in Spanish - http://familydoctor.org/e028.xml
Protecting Your Child against Serious Diseases: Making Sure Kids Get All Their 'Shots' (Food and Drug Administration) - http://www.fda.gov/opacom/lowlit/shots.html
Also available in Spanish - http://www.fda.gov/opacom/lowlit/sshots.html
Recommended Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Schedule United States, July-December 2004 & Catch-Up Schedule (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - Links to PDF File - http://www.immunize.org/cdc/child-schedule.pdf
Vaccine-Preventable Childhood Diseases (National Immunization Program) - http://www.cdc.gov/nip/diseases/child-vpd.htm
Also available in Spanish - http://www.cdc.gov/spanish/inmunizacion/nenes.htm

Pictures/Diagrams

Photos of People with Vaccine-Preventable Diseases (Immunization Action Coalition) - http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/pict001.htm

Coping

Shots and Children: Managing the Stress (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) - http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=FL00079

Related Issues

10 Tips on Evaluating Immunization Information (National Vaccine Program Office) - http://www.hhs.gov/nvpo/tips.htm
Additives in Vaccines (National Immunization Program) - http://www.cdc.gov/nip/vacsafe/concerns/gen/additives.htm
Combination Vaccines (National Network for Immunization Information) - http://www.immunizationinfo.org/immunization_issues_detail.cfv?id=50
Current Vaccine Delays and Shortages (National Immunization Program) - http://www.cdc.gov/nip/news/shortages/default.htm
Facts and Myths about Immunizations (Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/parent/general/body/fact_myth_immunizations.html
How Vaccines Prevent Disease (National Immunization Program) - http://www.cdc.gov/nip/publications/fs/gen/howvpd.htm
Also available in Spanish - http://www.cdc.gov/spanish/inmunizacion/funcionan.htm
Immunizations for Babies: A Guide for Parents (Immunization Action Coalition) - http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/p4010.htm
Also available in Spanish - http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/p4010-01.htm
Mercury & Thimerosal (National Immunization Program) - http://www.cdc.gov/nip/vacsafe/concerns/thimerosal/faqs-mercury.htm
Safety of Multiple Vaccines (National Immunization Program) - http://www.cdc.gov/nip/vacsafe/concerns/gen/multiplevac.htm
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and Vaccination (National Immunization Program) - http://www.cdc.gov/nip/vacsafe/concerns/SIDS/default.htm
Thimerosal & Vaccines (National Immunization Program) - http://www.cdc.gov/nip/vacsafe/concerns/thimerosal/faqs-thimerosal.htm
Vaccine Recommendations for Infants and Children: Health Information for International Travel, 2003-2004 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/travel/child-vax.htm
Vaccine Side Effects (National Immunization Program) - http://www.cdc.gov/nip/vacsafe/concerns/side-effects.htm
Vaccines: A Safe Choice (National Immunization Program) - http://www.cdc.gov/nip/vacsafe/vacsafe-parents.htm

Research

Asthma and Vaccines (National Network for Immunization Information) - http://www.immunizationinfo.org/immunization_issues_detail.cfv?id=58
Controversial Study Withdrawn Suggesting Link between Autism and MMR Vaccine (Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/breaking_news/mmr_autism_study.html
No Link between Childhood Immunizations and Type 1 Diabetes (Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/research/diabetes_immunizations.html
Severe Allergic Reactions to Childhood Vaccines Are Rare (Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/research/vaccine_reaction.html
Vaccines and Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria (National Network for Immunization Information) - http://www.immunizationinfo.org/immunization_issues_detail.cfv?id=38

Dictionaries/Glossaries

Definitions of Terms Related to Immunization (National Vaccine Program Office) - http://www.hhs.gov/nvpo/glossary1.htm
Immunization Glossary (National Immunization Program) - http://www.cdc.gov/nip/webutil/terms/glossary.htm

Directories

State Health Profiles for Immunization (National Partnership for Immunization.) - http://www.partnersforimmunization.org/immunizationprogram.html

Organizations

American Academy of Pediatrics - http://www.aap.org/
Every Child By Two - http://www.ecbt.org/
Immunization Action Coalition - http://www.immunize.org/
National Immunization Program - http://www.cdc.gov/nip/
National Network for Immunization Information - http://www.immunizationinfo.org/
National Vaccine Program Office - http://www.hhs.gov/nvpo/

Law and Policy

Common Questions about School Immunization Laws (National Network for Immunization Information) - Links to PDF File - http://www.immunizationinfo.org/assets/files/PDFs/4_COMMON_FULL.pdf
Commonly Asked Questions About the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (Health Resources and Services Administration) - http://www.hrsa.gov/osp/vicp/qanda.htm
Immunization Laws (National Vaccine Program Office) - http://www.hhs.gov/nvpo/law.htm
Overview of Vaccine Safety (National Immunization Program) - http://www.cdc.gov/nip/vacsafe/
Parents and Vaccines for Children Program (National Immunization Program) - http://www.cdc.gov/nip/vfc/Parent/parent_home.htm
Vaccine Information Statements (National Vaccine Program Office) - http://www.hhs.gov/nvpo/factsheets/fs_tableI_doc5.htm
Vaccines Licensed for Immunization and Distributed in the U.S. (Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research) - http://www.fda.gov/cber/vaccine/licvacc.htm

Statistics

Eliminate Disparities in Adult & Child Immunization Rates (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Minority Health) - http://www.cdc.gov/omh/AMH/factsheets/immunization.htm
FASTATS: Immunization (National Center for Health Statistics) - http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/immunize.htm
More U.S. Children Are Getting Their Shots (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/r030731.htm
Why Immunize? (American Academy of Pediatrics) - http://www.aap.org/advocacy/releases/whyimmunize.htm

Children

Vaccination: An Act of Love (Pan American Health Organization) - Links to PDF File - Large file - http://www.paho.org/English/DD/PIN/sv04_monica_eng.pdf
Also available in Spanish - http://www.paho.org/Spanish/DD/PIN/sv04_monica_spa.pdf

Teenagers

Adolescent Immunization (National Coalition for Adult Immunization, National Foundation for Infectious Diseases) - http://www.nfid.org/factsheets/adolncai.html
Are You 11-19 Years Old? Then You Need to Be Vaccinated against These Serious Diseases! (Immunization Action Coalition) - http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/p4020.htm

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Immunization - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/immunization.html
Measles - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/measles.html
Mumps - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/mumps.html
Polio and Post-Polio Syndrome - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/polioandpostpoliosyndrome.html
Tetanus - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tetanus.html
Whooping Cough - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/whoopingcough.html
Child and Teen Health - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/childandteenhealth.html
Immune System/AIDS - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/immunesystemaids.html

Page last updated: 04 November 2004
Topic last reviewed: 22 July 2004