the smallpox vaccine may have had an even more significant impact in terms of lives saved” said Dr. Baker the director of the medicine history. Vaccination is the administration of antigenic material (a vaccine) to stimulate an individual’s immune system to develop adaptive immunity to a pathogen. Vaccines can prevent or ameliorate morbidity from infection. The effectiveness of vaccination has been widely studied and verified; for example‚ the influenza vaccine‚[1] the HPV vaccine‚[2] and the chicken
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adults and may cause serious or even fatal complications in people of any age. Chickenpox is a vaccine preventable disease‚ and vaccination is recommended as part of routine childhood immunisation. The vaccine should not be given to children with severe immune deficiency diseases‚ including HIV/AIDS‚ or to
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Flu season typically begins from October to May of each year. The CDC recommends that virtually everyone except children under the age of six months and people who are allergic to eggs or the influenza vaccine itself‚ should receive an influenza vaccination.
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The MMR vaccine is used to prevent Measles‚ Rubella and mumps. These desieses first had separate vaccines available before they were intergrated into one vaccine. The vaccine for measles has been around since 1963. Vaccines for Mumps and Rubella have been around since 1967 and 1969‚ respectively. The three vaccines became intergrated into one in 1971. The first MMR vaccine jab is given to a baby usually at 12-15 months old and the booster injection is given to the baby at usually at 4-6 years old
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Government Department of Health‚ 2013). It was Edward Jenner who developed the first vaccine in 1976 against small pox. Centuries later the next vaccine was developed by Louis Pasteur. This was the anti-rabies vaccine (Lombard‚ Pastoret‚ & Moulin‚ 2007). It was these two men who gave hope to other scientist for the development and prevention of other infectious diseases for years to come. There are many different types of vaccines available in Australia today. Currently‚ the ‘Immunise Australian Program’ offers
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Compulsory vaccines for children are a controversial topic that has been around the world for hundreds of years. Some people have been opposed to vaccines since the beginning. Some are against children getting vaccines because they view the vaccine as dangerous and unsafe. Some feel that diseases aren’t as harmful as they really are. Vaccines have saved countless children’s lives and have eradicated and eliminated many diseases. Vaccines should be required for children because they save lives‚ protects
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Dawn Giordano English 101 Professor Crutchfield Argumentative Essay Autism and Vaccines There has been controversy recently over whether or not vaccines‚ in particular the MMR (measles mumps and rubella)‚ cause autism. Your child is at the doctor‚ the doc says “it’s time for those shots tough guy”. Your bouncy baby boy is 18 months old and very happy even after the doctor administers the MMR‚ he doesn’t cry‚ just giggles. Later that night he develops a fever and has trouble sleeping
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Vaccines: To Be or Not To Be? Ryleigh Grace—this is the name of my beautiful 8-month-old cousin. Looking at her‚ one would never be able to tell that she was born with a serious‚ life-threatening condition called meningitis. As a result‚ Ryleigh’s home for the first month of her life became the Cooper hospitals ICU. However‚ this scare was not enough to convince her parents to allow Ryleigh to receive her routine child-hood vaccinations‚ which would prevent other dangerous ailments she may encounter
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B Hepatitis B is a very safe vaccine. Most people do not have any problems with it. The vaccine contains non-infectious material‚ and cannot cause hepatitis B infection. Some mild problems have been reported * Soreness where the shot was given (up to about 1 person 4) * Temperature of 99.9°F or higher (up to about 1 person in 15). Severe problems are extremely rare. Severe allergic reactions are believed to occur about once in 1.1 million doses. A vaccine‚ like any medicine‚ could cause
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from a mother to her newborns. These newborns are at the risk of developing recurrent laryngeal tumors at an early life stage that requires frequent surgery. Current three HPV vaccines have shown efficacy against the most prevalent HPV types. However‚ the vaccination completion rate is only 26 % overall‚ and these vaccines offer no protection against pre-existing infections. Therefore‚ HPV-associated complication in reproduction and childhood recurrent laryngeal disease will continue to be problematic
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