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VACCINE INFORMATION
Recommended Websites
Allied Vaccine Group
Comprised of websites dedicated to presenting valid scientific information about
the sometimes confusing subject of vaccines.
Every Child by Two
Strives to raise awareness of the critical need for timely immunization and
establish a systematic method to ensure the immunization of all of America's
children by the age of two.
Immunization Action Coalition
Childhood, adolescent, and adult immunization information and hepatitis B
educational materials.
The Immunization Education
Program (IEP)
Represents a public-private partnership between the Pennsylvania Department of
Health (DOH) and the Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics
(PA AAP). The goal of the Immunization Education Program is to decrease the
incidence of vaccine-preventable disease by improving the immunization levels of
children.
The
Institute for Vaccine Safety - John Hopkins University
The purpose of the Institute for Vaccine Safety is to obtain and disseminate
objective information on the safety of recommended immunizations.
Massachusetts Department of Health
Includes immunization information.
National Immunization Program
This site provides recent and accurate immunization information from the
National Immunization Program, the Federal Government's principal agency for
immunization policy and recommendations.
National Network for
Immunization Information
Provides up-to-date, science-based information to health care professionals, the
media, policy makers, and the public - everyone who needs to know the facts
about immunization.
National Vaccine Program Office's (NVPO)
This site provides pertinent information about childhood, adolescent, and adult
immunizations. You will find publications and reports on vaccine preventable
diseases, vaccine safety, vaccine coverage, immunization laws, and immunization
registries.
Shot by Shot
A collection of stories from people who have been touched by vaccine-preventable diseases.
With the success of vaccines, we don't see diseases like meningitis, polio, and hepatitis as often as
our parents or grandparents did, but the diseases still touch people in our own communities and cause a
huge amount of suffering and death worldwide. Shot by shot's storybank of real-life stories,
told by survivors, family members, friends, and health care providers, brings first-hand experiences to new generations.
Personal stories touch us, educate us, and remind us of the value of prevention.
Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS)
A cooperative program for vaccine safety of the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). VAERS is a
post-marketing safety surveillance program, collecting information about adverse
events (possible side effects) that occur after the administration of US
licensed vaccines. The
Vaccine Education Center - The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Was formed to provide accurate, comprehensive and up-to-date information about
childhood vaccines, and the diseases they prevent, to parents and health-care
professionals. The Vaccine
Page
Provides access to up-to-the-minute news about vaccines and and annotated
database of vaccine resources on the Internet.
Recommended books
Autism's False Prophets: Bad Science, Risky Medicine, and the Search for a Cure
by Paul A. Offit
Deadly Choices: How the Anti-Vaccine Movement Threatens Us All
by Paul A. Offit
Do Vaccines Cause That?! A Guide for Evaluating Vaccine Safety Concerns
by Martin Myers
Facts on Vaccines. Just the Data. You Decide by Susan Shoshana Weisberg MD
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