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| | CDC Smallpox Vaccine Overview |
 | | The smallpox vaccine is not given with a hypodermic needle. | | | The vaccine is given using a bifurcated (two-pronged) needle that is dipped into the vaccine solution. | | | The needle is used to prick the skin a number of times in a few seconds. |
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| | Vaccine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | There is also research on an HIV vaccine. | | | Also in 2004, the United States' Institute of Medicine reported that evidence "favors rejection" of any link between vaccines containing thimerosal, or MMR, and the development of autism [8]. | | | Naturopaths and other alternative health care practitioners sometimes offer their own, alternative treatments to conventional vaccination. |
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| | NIP: Vacsafe/Overview (main page) |
| | During clinical trials, the vaccine is tested on human beings. | | | Vaccine licensure is a lengthy process that may take ten years or longer. | | | The other two ways to qualify include proving that the vaccine caused the condition or demonstrating that the vaccine worsened or aggravated a pre-existing condition. |
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| | Your Child's Immunizations |
| | The vaccine may cause mild soreness and redness in the area where the shot was given; this may be treated with pain relievers like acetaminophen or ibuprofen. | | | This schedule may vary depending upon where you live, your child's health, the type of vaccine, and the vaccines available. | | | Your child may receive a DT (diphtheria and tetanus) vaccine instead. |
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| | Anthrax Vaccine Vaccine Education Center - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia |
| | The effectiveness of the vaccine was about 92 percent. | | | And about one out of every 100 given the vaccine will develop severe pain and swelling. | | | You should not use it to replace any relationship with a physician or other qualified healthcare professional. |
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| | Online NewsHour: Targeting AIDS -- June 27, 2001 |
| | SUSAN DENTZER: Peggy Johnston oversees AIDS vaccine research at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, a division of the National Institutes of Health. | | | Although there are promising approaches on the horizon, only one proposed AIDS vaccine is far enough along the research pipeline that it's being tested for effectiveness in large groups of people. | | | What's more, HIV was transmitted largely through sexual contact, and scientists knew that efforts to change human behavior would only go so far. |
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http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/health/jan-june01/aids_6-27.html
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| | International AIDS Vaccine Initiative IAVI - International AIDS Vaccine Initiative |
| | To stimulate further progress, it is vital for UNGASS to recognize the importance of investing in new technologies as a critical element of a comprehensive response to the AIDS pandemic. | | | As of April 2006, there are more than thirty preventive AIDS vaccine candidates in early stages of human clinical trials in approximately two dozen countries around the world. | | | The Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) and the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) opened two new buildings today to serve the Kilifi Community and prepare for future preventive HIV/AIDS vaccine trials. |
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| | VACCINE INFORMATION & AWARENESS |
| | VIA empowers parents to question, challenge, investigate, research and become more informed and aware about vaccine risks and dangers that exist. | | | The major philosophy of VIA, however, is to ensure that Freedom of Choice is not taken away from each parent. | | | Investigates and researches medical and scientific claims on vaccine safety and efficacy |
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| | Vaccine Dangers (from http://educate-yourself.org) |
| | Vaccination, The Silent Genocide by Dr. Guylaine Lanctot, M.D. (Nov. 14, 2005 | | | Mercury, Vaccines and Medicine By Mark Sircus Ac., OMD (Dec. 13, 2004) | | | He already was studying the Natural Approach, but now decided to jump in with both feet. |
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| | AVAC - Home |
| | Discovering an effective AIDS vaccine represents one of our greatest scientific challenges. | | | Finding Your Way: A guide to understanding ethical issues related to preventive HIV vaccine clinical trial participation | | | Click here to read more information on HIV Vaccine Awareness Day |
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| | Urban Legends Reference Pages: Politics (Blue Flu) |
| | Before 1993, manufacturers sold vaccines to doctors, doctors prescribed them to patients, and there was some markup. | | | Recently British health officials stopped Chiron from distributing and making the vaccine when inspectors found unsanitary conditions in the labs. | | | Why is our vaccine made in the UK and not the US? |
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http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/flushot.asp
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| | Parents Requesting Open Vaccine Education (PROVE) |
| | PROVE provides information on vaccines, and the immunization policies and practices that affect the children and adults of Texas. | | | IOM Report on Vaccines and Autism Denounced by Parent Groups 5/19/04 | | | Find out here and save their contact information. |
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| | A-1 database on vaccines and news about vaccines |
| | The Vaccine Page does not control the content of those news items, or of any commercial offerings you may encounter on those pages. | | | Primarily oriented toward the health care practitioner, this multilingual site (English, Spanish, and Chinese) provides news and educational information about vaccine-preventable diseases, immunization, and vaccines (GSK vaccines in particular). | | | The training resources and vaccine awareness services are designed to support the day-to-day needs of health care professionals who manage local immunization services. |
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| | DNAvaccine.com |
| | Hopes of a vaccine for cancer received a boost yesterday following trials of a new therapy which successfully blocked tumour growth in animals. | | | GeoVax Launches Clinical Human Trials for its HIV/AIDS Vaccine Developed at GeoVax Inc., Emory University, NIH and the CDC | | | Gene therapy may one day prevent a hereditary form of childhood blindness, researchers say, following a promising study on chickens with the condition. |
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| | Vaccine Associated Feline Sarcoma Task Force (VAFSTF) Home Page |
| | The Vaccine-Associated Feline Sarcoma Task Force (VAFSTF) was formed in November 1996 in response to the increased incidence of soft tissue sarcomas occurring at vaccination sites. | | | Publication and updating of a client information brochure Vaccines and Sarcomas: A Concern for Cat Owners. | | | Vaccines and Sarcomas: A Concern for Cat Owners |
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http://www.avma.org/vafstf/default.asp
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| | National Vaccine Information Center |
| | Before your child takes the risk, find out what it is. | | | Does my child have a personal or family history of: | | | Vaccinations shouldn't hurt a child but sometimes they do. |
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| | Development of Polio Vaccines |
| | More effective culturing and purification techniques have been developed, allowing the vaccines to induce higher levels of antibody formation. | | | However, a major disadvantage is that it cannot be used for patients with compromised immune systems because it is a live virus and can cause disease in these patients. | | | But, there was a problem with the original Salk vaccine. |
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| | Chickenpox Vaccine -- familydoctor.org |
| | Your doctor may suggest you have the vaccine if you've never had chickenpox and are an adult, especially if you will be travelling to other countries. | | | Chickenpox is a disease that can be very easily spread from person to person. | | | However, it is generally safe and will save your child from suffering with a preventable illness. |
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| | MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: MMR - vaccine |
| | Despite considerable publicity, there is no evidence linking MMR vaccination with the development of autism. | | | Measles, mumps, and rubella are all very serious illnesses and each may have complications resulting in lifetime disabilities or even death. | | | The incidence of such complications, related to having the actual diseases, is far greater than the potential of developing serious, or even moderate, adverse effects due to the MMR vaccine. |
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| | Challenges in Developing AIDS Vaccines, NIAID Division of AIDS, HIV Vaccine Site |
| | This may mean that a vaccine would need to protect the person against many strains of the virus. | | | Vaccines against other viruses have only had to protect the person against one or a limited number of strains. | | | It might be antibodies, activated immune cells, perhaps a third immune response, or a combination of immune responses. |
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| | All Information on Vaccines and Vaccination - Allied Vaccine Group |
| | Instead you will find the facts you need to know, whether you are a patient, a parent, a health care provider, a researcher, a journalist or a policymaker. | | | The Allied Vaccine Group is comprised of websites dedicated to presenting valid scientific information about the sometimes confusing subject of vaccines. | | | Think of this page as your portal to the real world of vaccines, a world based on scientific research, followed by honest disclosure of the research results -- pro and con. |
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| | Vaccine Information Statements (VISs) |
| | You must give your patients current Vaccine Information Statements (VISs)" by N.A. Halsey, MD, explains why it is necessary to always use the most current version of a VIS, and lists the date of the most current version of each VIS. | | | Vaccine Information Statements (VISs) are information sheets produced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that explain to vaccine recipients, their parents, or their legal representatives both the benefits and risks of a vaccine. | | | CDC's "Instructions for the Use of Vaccine Information Statements" is a one-page summation of when and how VISs must be used. |
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| | CBER - Vaccines |
| | Reports to the VAERS program are welcome from all concerned individuals: patients, parents, health care providers, pharmacists, and vaccine manufacturers. | | | Vaccines approved for marketing may also be required to undergo additional studies to further evaluate the vaccine and often to address specific questions about the vaccine's safety, effectiveness, or possible side effects. | | | According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, vaccines have reduced preventable infectious diseases to an all-time low and now few people experience the devastating effects of measles, pertussis and other illnesses. |
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| | Technorati Tag: vaccine |
| | Our scientists are leaders in healing the world s ills Border Mail - AUSTRALIANS have long excelled in the field of medical research. | | | A new type of vaccine, tested in mice, could be a longer lasting form of cancer treatment and may even lead the way toward preventing cancer, Swedish... | | | Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise in Mice A new type of vaccine, tested in mice, could be a longer lasting form of cancer treatment and may even lead the... |
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| | NBC10.com - HealthWatch - FDA Examines Cancer Vaccine From Merck |
| | Two of those four types are believed responsible for about 70 percent of cervical cancer cases. | | | The first is that the vaccine may lead to an increased number of cases of a cancer precursor among patients already infected by any of the four virus types at the time they receive the vaccine, and whose immune systems have not cleared the virus from their bodies. | | | WASHINGTON -- A vaccine that blocks infection by the four virus types that cause most cervical cancers and genital warts appears safe and effective, but may actually increase the chance of disease in some patients, according to Food and Drug Administration documents released Wednesday. |
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| | National Network for Immunization Information |
| | There may be variations in treatment that your health care provider may recommend based on individual facts and circumstances. | | | FDA Says Vaccine to Prevent Cervical Cancer Is Safe, Effective | | | This study looked at the frequency of febrile seizures after MMR vaccination and possible risk factors for these seizures. |
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| | Sabin Vaccine Institute |
| | As a partner, we are eager to realize this dream of Dr. Sabin, who developed the oral polio vaccine (OPV) employed so effectively to protect so many around the world. | | | SVI to Develop a Vaccine Against Human Hookworm Infection | | | SVI's Cancer Vaccine Consortium provides the mechanism for collaborative activity to speed the research, regulatory process and delivery of new cancer vaccines to the market. |
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| | VAERS - The Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System |
| | This Web site provides a nationwide mechanism by which adverse events following immunization (AEFI) may be reported, analyzed and made available to the public. | | | The Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System is a cooperative program for vaccine safety of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). | | | Food and Drug Administration (FDA), agencies of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. |
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| | Flu (Influenza) Vaccine - CBER |
| | The expiration date of a vaccine is based on these studies. | | | Influenza usually comes on suddenly and may include these symptoms: fever, headache, malaise (a feeling of being ill and without energy that can be extreme), cough, sore throat, nasal congestion and body aches. | | | Workshop on Development of Clinical Trial Plan for Pandemic Influenza Vaccines |
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| | MMR vaccine - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about MMR vaccine |
| | A controversy over the use of this combined vaccine began in early 1998, owing to the claims of a UK paediatrician that there was a slight risk of immunized children developing autism in later life. | | | This risk was not present when the vaccinations were given as three separate shots at different times. | | | This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. |
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| | Welcome to the Website for the Institute for Vaccine Safety |
| | The institute’s goal is to work toward preventing disease using the safest vaccines possible. | | | Investigators identify problem that leads to complications from smallpox vaccine in persons with eczema | | | The Institute for Vaccine Safety was established in 1997 at the Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health - now the Bloomberg School of Public Health. |
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| | Malaria Vaccine Initiative |
| | The article highlights the magazine's choices for the most important health accomplishments in 2005 and states that the results of the MVI-supported clinical trial of GlaxoSmithKline Biological's RTS,S vaccine might be the best news in malaria this year. | | | As part of its effort to generate tools needed to accelerate malaria vaccine development, MVI is supporting a Growth Inhibition Assay (GIA) Reference Center within the Malaria Vaccine Development Branch (MVDB) of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health. | | | African health officials and partners outline decision-making process for inclusion of a future malaria vaccine in African health programs. |
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| | Elsevier.com - Vaccine |
| | VACCINE is the pre-eminent journal for those interested in vaccines and vaccination. | | | It serves as an interface between academics, those in research and development, and workers in the field. |
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| | Vaccine Information for the Public and Health Professionals |
| | Vaccine Information for the Public and Health Professionals | | | Its contents are solely the responsibility of IAC and do not necessarily represent the official views of CDC. | | | Click on a link below for comprehensive information about a specific disease and the vaccine that prevents it. |
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| | NIP: Pubs/VIS main page |
| | At a Glance: Vaccine Information Statements (VISs) are information sheets produced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that explain to vaccine recipients, their parents, or their legal representatives both the benefits and risks of a vaccine. | | | The National Childhood Vaccine Injury (NCVI) Act requires that all health-care providers give parents or patients copies of Vaccine Information Statements before administering each dose of the vaccines listed in the schedule. | | | Guidance on how to obtain and complete a Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) form is available at http://www.vaers.hhs.gov or by telephone, (800) 822-7967. |
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| | AnthraxVaccine.org |
| | This page includes some of my writings on these subjects, including three Congressional testimonies, and a variety of other materials that I hope will be useful for those persons making a decison about taking the vaccine, dealing with bioterrorism, or those doing scholarly research on either subject. | | | This website was designed as a source of accurate information on the human anthrax vaccine, originally named MDPH-PA or AVA and renamed BioThrax in January 2002, which has been given to 550,000 servicemembers and some civilians. | | | Information on anthrax, anthrax vaccine, biological warfare and related topics |
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| | GVAL--Global Vaccine Awareness League--Home Page |
| | Global Vaccine Awareness League is dedicated to the education of parents and concerned citizens regarding vaccination. | | | After the death of her 2 year-old son from a DPT shot, the founder of GVAL initiated action for remedy under the Vaccine Act. | | | She lost her case because their expert witness became terminally ill. Litigation is still pending. |
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| | NIP: Public Home page |
| | This page last modified on May 23, 2006 | | | Vaccine Recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices | | | (helps adolescents and adults decide if they need vaccines) |
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| | Children's Vaccine Program |
| | CVP—Six years of impact, changing the face of immunization | | | Promoting equal access to new and lifesaving vaccines worldwide. | | | All content is accessible via any web device, but your visit will be greatly enhanced if you upgrade to a contemporary browser. |
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| | Welcome to VAERS |
| | The Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS) website has been relocated. | | | If you are not redirected, you may reach the site by clicking the link below. | | | You will be redirected automatically in 5 seconds. |
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| | Pet Products and Supplies - Omaha Vaccine Company |
| | If you have any comments or problems with our site click here | | | Pet Products and Supplies - Omaha Vaccine Company | | | Copyright 2005 - Omaha Vaccine Company / Pet Supplies Delivered |
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