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United States Department of Health and Human Services. The National Vaccine Program Office
The National Vaccine Program Office (NVPO) has responsibility for coordinating and ensuring collaboration among the many federal agencies involved in vaccine and immunization activities. The NVPO provides leadership and coordination among Federal agencies, as they work together to carry out the goals of the National Vaccine Plan. This site provides pertinent information about childhood, adolescent, and adult immunizations.
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Familydoctor.org
This Web site is operated by the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), a national medical organizations representing more than 93,700 family physicians, family practice residents and medical students. All of the information on this site has been written and reviewed by physicians and patient education professionals at the AAFP. A vaccine is a medicine that's given to help prevent a disease. Vaccines help the body produce antibodies. These antibodies protect against the disease.
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The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Childhood Immunization Support Program
Since 1999, the CISP has worked to improve the immunization delivery system across the nation by developing an infrastructure within the Academy to support its members and providing education and resources on immunization and immunization-related issues. While childhood immunization rates have now reached all-time highs, with 90% or more of America's toddlers receiving the most critical doses of vaccines for children by age 2, there is still cause for concern.
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AAFP Clinical Recommendations for Immunizations
The American Academy of Family Physicians is one of the largest national medical organizations, representing more than 94,000 family physicians, family medicine residents, and medical students nationwide. Founded in 1947, its mission has been to preserve and promote the science and art of family medicine and to ensure high-quality, cost-effective health care for patients of all ages.
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The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. National Institutes of Health
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) conducts and supports basic and applied research to better understand, treat, and ultimately prevent infectious, immunologic, and allergic diseases. Diseases like whooping cough (pertussis), measles, mumps, and rubella may be unfamiliar to you. These diseases were frightening household words. Today, they are all but forgotten. That change happened largely because of vaccines.
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Institute for Vaccine Safety. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
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. Our mission is to provide an independent assessment of vaccines and vaccine safety to help guide decision makers and educate physicians, the public and the media about key issues surrounding the safety of vaccines.
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Wikipedia
Wikipedia, is a communal encyclopedia written collaboratively by people from all around the world. Wikipedia has rapidly grown into the largest reference website on the Internet and is a trademark of the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation. A vaccine is an antigenic preparation used to produce active immunity to a disease, in order to prevent or ameliorate the effects of infection by any natural or 'wild' strain of the organism.
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The Vaccine Education Center. The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
To provide complete, up-to-date and reliable information about vaccines to parents and healthcare professionals, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia created the Vaccine Education Center. Vaccines have reduced and, in some cases, eliminated many diseases that killed or severely disabled people just a few generations before. For most Americans today, vaccines are a routine part of healthcare.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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.
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The National Vaccine Information Center
The National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC) is a national, non-profit educational organization founded in 1982. It is the oldest and largest national organization advocating reformation of the mass vaccination system. Vaccines or immunizations are recommended for every child born in the United States. Vaccinations shouldn't hurt a child but sometimes they do. Before your child takes the risk, find out what it is.
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The Immunization Action Coalition
The Immunization Action Coalition, a non-profit organization, works to increase immunization rates and prevent disease. This website is exclusively supported by Cooperative Agreement No. U66/CCU524042 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Find comprehensive information about a specific disease and the vaccine that prevents it.
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