Immunization (Print Version)

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Immunization

URL of this page: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/immunization.html

Latest News

WHO Urged to Allow Gene-Modified Smallpox Research (11/11/2004, Reuters Health) - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_21216.html (*this news item will not be available after 12/11/2004)
Public Health Agency Wants to Commission Vaccine Trial for H5N1 Avian Flu: Canada (11/10/2004, Canadian Press) - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_21187.html (*this news item will not be available after 12/10/2004)
Doctors Urged to Push Flu Vaccine for Seniors (11/04/2004, Reuters Health) - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_21060.html (*this news item will not be available after 12/04/2004)
More News on Immunization - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/alphanews_i.html#Immunization

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

Adult Immunization Questions and Answers (National Foundation for Infectious Diseases) - http://www.nfid.org/factsheets/adultqa.html
Adult Immunization Schedule (National Immunization Program) - Links to PDF File - http://www.cdc.gov/nip/recs/adult-schedule.htm
Diseases Charts (Quickly Find Information on Each Vaccine-Preventable Disease) (National Immunization Program) - http://www.cdc.gov/nip/diseases/disease-chart-public.htm
Evolution of Vaccines (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) - http://www.niaid.nih.gov/factsheets/evolution_vaccines.htm

Pictures/Diagrams

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

Clinical Trials

ClinicalTrials.gov: Vaccination (National Institutes of Health) - http://clinicaltrials.gov/search/intervention=vaccination&recruiting;=true

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
Adult Immunization in Emergency Departments (American College of Emergency Physicians) - http://www.acep.org/1,386,0.html
Availability of Thimerosal-free Vaccines (National Immunization Program) - http://www.cdc.gov/nip/vacsafe/concerns/thimerosal/faqs-availfree.htm
Current Vaccine Delays and Shortages (National Immunization Program) - http://www.cdc.gov/nip/news/shortages/default.htm
Diabetes and Vaccines (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/nip/vacsafe/concerns/Diabetes/default.htm
Also available in Spanish - http://www.cdc.gov/spanish/inmunizacion/diabetes.htm
FAQs about Recalled Vaccines (National Immunization Program) - http://www.cdc.gov/nip/vacsafe/concerns/recalls/q&a.htm;
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
If We Stop Vaccinating... (National Vaccine Program Office) - http://www.hhs.gov/nvpo/part6.htm
Immunizations for People with Weakened Immune Systems (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) - http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=AR00016
Mercury & Thimerosal (National Immunization Program) - http://www.cdc.gov/nip/vacsafe/concerns/thimerosal/faqs-mercury.htm
Summary of Recommendations for Adult Immunization (Immunization Action Coalition) - http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/p2011b.htm
Thimerosal & Vaccines (National Immunization Program) - http://www.cdc.gov/nip/vacsafe/concerns/thimerosal/faqs-thimerosal.htm
Vaccine Adverse Event Report System (Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research) - http://www.fda.gov/cber/vaers/vaers.htm
Vaccine Side Effects (National Immunization Program) - http://www.cdc.gov/nip/vacsafe/concerns/side-effects.htm
Vaccines and Hair Loss (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/nip/vacsafe/concerns/Hairloss.htm

Research

Effectiveness of Safer Smallpox Vaccine Demonstrated against Monkeypox (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) - http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/mar2004/niaid-10.htm
Mouse Study Could Aid Vaccine Designers (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) - http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/may2004/niaid-27a.htm

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
Traveler's Health: Destinations (Diseases and Vaccinations) (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/travel/destinat.htm

Organizations

Immunization Action Coalition - http://www.immunize.org/
National Coalition for Adult Immunization - http://www.nfid.org/ncai/
National Foundation for Infectious Diseases - http://www.nfid.org/
National Immunization Program - http://www.cdc.gov/nip/
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - http://www.niaid.nih.gov/
National Network for Immunization Information - http://www.immunizationinfo.org/
National Vaccine Program Office - http://www.hhs.gov/nvpo/

Law and Policy

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/
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

Women

Guidelines for Vaccinating Pregnant Women (National Immunization Program) - http://www.cdc.gov/nip/publications/preg_guide.htm

Children

MedlinePlus: Childhood Immunization (National Library of Medicine) - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/childhoodimmunization.html

Teenagers

Adolescent Immunization (National Coalition for Adult Immunization, National Foundation for Infectious Diseases) - http://www.nfid.org/factsheets/adolncai.html

Seniors

10 Important Vaccine Facts for Seniors (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - Links to PDF File - http://www.cdc.gov/nip/publications/pink/Appendices/C/ten_facts.pdf
Shots for Safety (National Institute on Aging) - http://www.niapublications.org/engagepages/shots.asp
Also available in Spanish - http://www.niapublications.org/spnagepages/shots-sp.asp

Other Languages

Print Materials in Other Languages (Immunization Action Coalition) - Multi-language site - http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/noneng.htm

You may also be interested in these MedlinePlus related pages:

Childhood Immunization - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/childhoodimmunization.html
Immune System/AIDS - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/immunesystemaids.html
Infections - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/infections.html

Page last updated: 12 November 2004
Topic last reviewed: 28 July 2004