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CDC Recommends Shingles Vaccine
People age 60 and older should be vaccinated against shingles, or herpes zoster, a condition often marked by debilitating chronic pain...
New CDC Study Finds Arthritis Can be a Barrier for Adults Seeking to Manage Diabetes through Physical Activity
More than half of adults with diagnosed diabetes also have arthritis, a painful condition that can be a barrier to physical activity—an important health strategy for managing diabetes...
Falls a Leading Cause of Injury-Related Emergency Department Visits for Infants Each Year, CDC Study Shows
Half of the estimated 328,500 infants 12 months of age or younger who were treated for injuries in hospital emergency departments each year from 2001 to 2004 were injured as a result of a fall, according to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
National Infant Immunization Week Reminds Parents of the Importance of Immunizations and Encourages them to Look to their Child’s Doctor for Information
More Than Twenty Percent of Children Not Fully Protected Against Vaccine-Preventable Disease
CDC Urges Travelers to Israel to Protect Themselves from Measles
Concern Raised over Americans Traveling to Israel for Passover
Pregnancy Rate Drops for Women Under Age 25 - April 14, 2008
Pregnancy rates for females under age 25, including teenagers, in the United States declined in 2004 compared to 1990, according to a report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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CDC Recommends Shingles Vaccine
People age 60 and older should be vaccinated against shingles, or herpes zoster, a condition often marked by debilitating chronic pain...
New CDC Study Finds Arthritis Can be a Barrier for Adults Seeking to Manage Diabetes through Physical Activity
More than half of adults with diagnosed diabetes also have arthritis, a painful condition that can be a barrier to physical activity—an important health strategy for managing diabetes...
Falls a Leading Cause of Injury-Related Emergency Department Visits for Infants Each Year, CDC Study Shows
Half of the estimated 328,500 infants 12 months of age or younger who were treated for injuries in hospital emergency departments each year from 2001 to 2004 were injured as a result of a fall, according to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
National Infant Immunization Week Reminds Parents of the Importance of Immunizations and Encourages them to Look to their Child’s Doctor for Information
More Than Twenty Percent of Children Not Fully Protected Against Vaccine-Preventable Disease
CDC Urges Travelers to Israel to Protect Themselves from Measles
Concern Raised over Americans Traveling to Israel for Passover
Pregnancy Rate Drops for Women Under Age 25 - April 14, 2008
Pregnancy rates for females under age 25, including teenagers, in the United States declined in 2004 compared to 1990, according to a report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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WHO - Immunization. Vaccines and Biologicals: The World Health Organization's programme comprises 5 departments : Quality Assurance and Safety of Biologicals (QSB), Vaccine Development (VAD), Vaccine Assessment and Monitoring (VAM), Access to Technologies (ATT) and Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI).Vaccination: Outlines the importance of immunization and vaccination for adults and children. Also discusses risks and current issues.
EuroELSAV: ethics, bioethics, ethical issues, biomedical ethics, immunization
Immunization Action Coalition (IAC): The Immunization Action Coalition and the Hepatitis B Coalition disseminate information on prevention and treatment of Hepatitis B and childhood and adult immunizations.
ImmunoFacts: Your comprehensive link to the most up-to-date, expert immunization resources available via the Internet. Use this site as the jumping-off point for the best in vaccine and antibody information.
Institute for Vaccine Safety (IVS): Providing up-to-date information and links on specific vaccine safety issues as they arise in the media.
International Vaccine Institute (IVI): Founded on the belief that health in developing countries can be dramatically improved by the development, introduction and use of new and improved vaccines and that these vaccines should be developed through a dynamic interaction among science, public health, and business.
National Coalition for Adult Immunization (NCAI): Extensive information on adolescent and adult immunizations. Fact sheets, publications and recommended schedules listed online.
National Network for Immunization Information (NNii): The mission of the NNii is to provide the public, health professionals, policy makers, and the media with up-to-date, scientifically valid information related to immunization to help them understand the issues and to make informed decisions.
Protecting Health Through Immunization: Immunization Center for Health Care Professionals and Consumers
Sabin Vaccine Institute: This website's goal is to provide more information and links to scientists, researchers and the general public regarding the major initiatives of the institute in the areas of vaccine research and vaccine development, education, and public policy and advocacy. The SVI is dedicated to continuing t...
Sealy Center for Vaccine Development: The SCVD fosters interdisciplinary collaborations in the areas of research, policy, and education to facilitate the translation of laboratory findings to prevention of infectious diseases.
Smallpox Vaccine Research: Medical College of Wisconsin researchers have been studying vaccinia virus, which makes up the smallpox vaccine, as a way of understanding how viruses and vaccines work at the cellular level. The research may lead to advances in preventing and treating smallpox.
Strategic Health Systems: An information system to help health care providers standardize the way immunizations are administered and recorded.
Student Vaccines.com: sanofi pasteur Canada, pharmaceutical company: Diphtheria, Poliomyelitis, A & C meningococcal infections, Rabies, Hib, Rubella, Hepatitis A & B, Smallpox, Tetanus, Influenza, Tuberculosis, Measles, Typhoid Fever, Mumps, Varicella, Pertussis, Yellow Fever, Pneumococcal infections vaccination.
Therapeutic vaccines: Part of Molecular Immunology website. Therapeutic vaccines classified according to components (including live, attenuated, subunit, dendritic cells and DNA vaccines) for infectious agents and tumors.
US–Indo Vaccine Research Program: Details of a bilateral program involving the USA and India in laboratory-based research, epidemiological studies, field trials, quality control, and delivery of vaccines. A department of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
Vaccination: Vaccination at vaccination.co.uk tries to help, in the decision making process that comes with having vaccinations, by giving information, places to find guidance and allow you to meet others in the same situation.
Vaccination Services of America: National provider of vaccination services including flu shots.
Vaccine: A journal for academics and workers in the field of vaccination. Relevant topics range from basic research through to applications, safety and legislation.
Vaccine Identification Standards Initiative (VISI): Vaccine Identification Standards Initiative (VISI): Main page
Vaccine Information Statements (VIS): Vaccine Information Statements (VISs) are produced by the CDC to explain to vaccine recipients both the benefits and risks of a vaccine. Federal law requires that VISs be handed out before vaccinations are given.
Vaccine Knowledge Quiz - Active Learning Centre: Tests vaccine knowledge, has database of information.
Vaccine Page, The: The Vaccine Page is a serious attempt to collect all useful information about vaccines, organize it meaningfully, present it appropriately for each of several distinct audiences intererested in vaccines, and above all, keep it up to date.
Vaccine possibilities for Chagas' disease: Report on current research for a vaccine against chagas' disease.
VaxiPred: A software package for computer aided vaccine design: VaxiPred is a web server for computer aided vaccine design, developed by BioMantra and IMTECH. It integrates more than ten Immunoinformatics web servers and two databases developed at Dr G P S Raghava’s group.
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