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Questions tagged [vaccination]

Use this tag for questions related to the development, administration, or monitoring of a treatment intended to produce immunity against a communicable disease.

Use this tag for questions relating to the treatment with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease.

From CDC Vaccines and Immunizations Home

Vaccine: A preparation that is used to stimulate the body’s immune response against diseases. Vaccines are usually administered through needle injections, but some can be administered by mouth or sprayed into the nose.

Vaccination: The act of introducing a vaccine into the body to produce protection from a specific disease.

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3 Injections for Hep B Vaccine

It has been suggested by my employer that i should get the Hepatitis B vaccine to protect myself. I have had two of the three parts, but this is the first time i have had a vaccine in more than one session. The vaccine is in 3 doses, each around a…
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Why aren't other vaccines combined (like the MMR)?

From Public Health England: With single vaccines, children would need 6 separate injections: 3 primary doses - 1 measles, 1 mumps, 1 rubella 3 pre-school boosters Each injection can be uncomfortable and the act of immunisation is sometimes…
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Is there a disease where having had the disease provides less protection for the future than the vaccination?

Vaccination makes sure that you have anti-bodies so that your immune system has a heads-start once you get infected. If you were infected before, your body also built anti-bodies. Are there diseases where one knows (or at least has a good reason to…
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How can a school be getting an epidemic of whooping cough if most of the students are vaccinated?

Apparently a private school is experiencing an outbreak of whooping cough. However, the article said that only 18 of the students in the school (out of 1500 or so) were unvaccinated, yet already 30 have the disease. Presumably some of the infected…
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Should I get my kids have pre-exposure rabies vaccination due to our cat

I live in Texas, USA. There is plenty of wildlife around here, and thus considerable records of rabies incidents transmitted by them. We have a cat less than a year old, and had 1st rabies vaccination. He goes out almost daily and sometimes even…
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I forgot if I have taken "X" vaccine. Can the re-vaccination cause problems?

I don't remember and lost the documentation of wich vaccines I have taken in the past, for some of them (luckily, I know many I've taken). I would like to know if vaccinating again could pose health problems. If this is the 1st time I will vaccinate…
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High Quality Flu Shot Providers?

As we roll into flu season, I'm left wondering: "is there are any difference between the different providers of seasonal flu shots?" I did some basic internet research that displayed quite a variation in pricing by facilities. $15 Sam’s Club (No…
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Hepaitits B vaccination schedule for children

I am trying to understand the two-dose Hep B vaccination for children. It appears that in the UK, while not part of standard NHS care, the two-dose schedule is approved for those aged 1 and older (cf. the "green book"). In the US the CDC only…
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Are vaccinated people more or less healthy than unvaccinated people in the long term?

Do peer-reviewed studies exist comparing the long-term health outcomes, broadly defined, between children who receive the current, full recommended vaccine schedule vs. completely un-vaccinated children? By long term, I mean over 10+ years ideally,…
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What is the vaccine protocol for making sure someone has protection with regard to the Tdap/Td vaccines?

Understand that both Td and Tdap are adult vaccines and that Td is essentially a booster and Tdap also has protection for pertussis. What happens if someone is given the Td, but not the Tdap? Should they be given the Tdap at a later date upon…
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Will vaccinating babies weeks after birth reduce the spread of measles?

I understand that young babies (around 0-6 months old) have antibodies passed from their mothers, which is why they are vaccinated with MMR at 6-12 months old in New Zealand. However, there are still many cases where babies 0-6 months old are…
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What are the differences of the US vaccine schedule compared to other countries?

If the current US vaccine schedule is compared to the vaccine schedule of other large developed countries, what are the most significant differences in the US schedule vs their schedules?
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Why is the Rotavirus vaccine can be given only until the age of 8 months and 0 days?

Any idea why there is such a strict age limit for this vaccine? Reference
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what is protection rate difference between cellular pentavac and acellular pentamaxim vaccination?

I got first 2 doses of vaccination of cellular DPT vaccine vaccine from government hospital, both caused intense irritability and fever to about 103 degree to my 3 month kid. A different doctor of private hospital told that there is acellular…
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Long term vaccine studies of subjective characteristics

I'm looking to vaccinate my son with Hexacima in less than two months. I've been going through studies looking at the long term efficacy and/or adverse effects for EU infant vaccines (Hexacima and Infanrix Hexa in particular) and, as expected, the…
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