BabyCenter Vaccine Resources
– Offers answers to questions about vaccine safety and effectiveness, including why your baby needs to be vaccinated, and reviews the current recommended immunization schedule.
Direct link: BabyCenter Vaccine ResourcesImmunizations
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Immunization, or immunisation, is the process by which an individual's immune system becomes fortified against an agent (known as the immunogen).
When this system is exposed to molecules that are foreign to the body (non-self), it will orchestrate an immune response, but it can also develop the ability to quickly respond to a subsequent encounter (through immunological memory). This is a function of the adaptive immune system. Therefore, by exposing an animal to an immunogen in a controlled way, its body can learn to protect itself: this is called active immunization.
Extracted from www.wikipedia.org.
BabyCenter Vaccine Resources
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Combination Vaccines
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Combination Vaccines
– Describes the formulations which reduce the number of injections for children.
Direct link: Combination VaccinesEvery Child By Two
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Every Child By Two
– Raises awareness of the importance of getting children fully immunized by the time they are two years old by educating health care workers and the general public. Includes a list of ‘barriers’ to immunization and their solutions.
Direct link: Every Child By TwoImmunisation Advisory Centre in New Zealand
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Immunisation Advisory Centre in New Zealand
– Offers unbiased information to the public and health professionals on all aspects of childhood immunisation against infectious diseases.
NPR : Rotavirus Added to Bulky List of Childhood Vaccines
– Health officials recommend adding vaccines for flu and rotavirus to the regimen of childhood immunizations. Parents are objecting to the number of advised shots. [4:38 streaming audio broadcast]
(February 24, 2006)