Vaccine Safety - Advocacy
Learn more about the vaccine safety debate, including possible side effects, worry about thimerosal and possible links between vaccines and autism, and how to report vaccine side effects for the immunizations your child will get at his checkups.
Vaccine Misinformation
Many parents who don't vaccinate their children say that they are making an informed decision and did their research. Often that research is based on vaccine misinformation found on antivaccine websites though, and not on reliable information that includes the risks of not vaccinating a child.
Many parents who don't vaccinate their children say that they are making an informed decision and did their research. Often that research is based on vaccine misinformation found on antivaccine websites though, and not on reliable information that includes the risks of not vaccinating a child.
Do Vaccines Cause That?! A Guide for Evaluating Vaccine Safety Concerns
Do Vaccines Cause That?! is essential reading for all pediatricians and any parents who are either not vaccinating their children or who are having second thoughts about the importance of vaccines and are overwhelmed by worries about vaccine side effects. Here, a full book review of "Do Vaccines Cause That?!"
Do Vaccines Cause That?! is essential reading for all pediatricians and any parents who are either not vaccinating their children or who are having second thoughts about the importance of vaccines and are overwhelmed by worries about vaccine side effects. Here, a full book review of "Do Vaccines Cause That?!"
Autism's False Prophets Book Review
Autism's False Prophets is a must read for any parent who has questioned the decision to vaccinate their child.
Autism's False Prophets is a must read for any parent who has questioned the decision to vaccinate their child.
The Vaccine Debate
The 'vaccine debate' about whether vaccines are safe or could be causing autism has been in the news a lot lately. For most pediatricians, the vaccine debate doesn't revolve around trying to change the minds of anti-vaccine proponents. Instead, they work to help parents make an informed decision about vaccinating their children.
The 'vaccine debate' about whether vaccines are safe or could be causing autism has been in the news a lot lately. For most pediatricians, the vaccine debate doesn't revolve around trying to change the minds of anti-vaccine proponents. Instead, they work to help parents make an informed decision about vaccinating their children.
The Hepatitis B Vaccine for Newborns
Learn why getting the birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine is so important for newborns, even if your baby isn't at high risk for a hepatitis B infection.
Learn why getting the birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine is so important for newborns, even if your baby isn't at high risk for a hepatitis B infection.
VAERS - The Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System
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.
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.
Concerned About Vaccines?
Because anyone can put together a website, and because rumors and misinformation can travel so fast and so far on the information superhighway, it's important to use critical thinking skills when researching immunization information on the Internet. Here are some resources to help you sort fact from fiction.
Because anyone can put together a website, and because rumors and misinformation can travel so fast and so far on the information superhighway, it's important to use critical thinking skills when researching immunization information on the Internet. Here are some resources to help you sort fact from fiction.
Immunization Issues - Cause or Coincidence
When an adverse event occurs after vaccination, it needs to be determined whether the adverse event was caused by the vaccine or whether it was just coincidental in time with the administration of the vaccine—that is, it was going to happen anyway.
When an adverse event occurs after vaccination, it needs to be determined whether the adverse event was caused by the vaccine or whether it was just coincidental in time with the administration of the vaccine—that is, it was going to happen anyway.
Vaccine Safety
The CDC's Immunization Safety Office identifies possible vaccine side effects and conducts studies to determine whether a health problem is caused by a specific vaccine.
The CDC's Immunization Safety Office identifies possible vaccine side effects and conducts studies to determine whether a health problem is caused by a specific vaccine.
Multiple Vaccinations and the Immune System
Read about how no evidence suggests that the recommended childhood vaccines can overload a child's immune system.
Read about how no evidence suggests that the recommended childhood vaccines can overload a child's immune system.
Vaccines: Separating Fact from Fear Video
Parents often ask "Are vaccines safe?" and "Are vaccines still necessary?" This video was created to provide comprehensive and science-based answers to these and other questions.
Parents often ask "Are vaccines safe?" and "Are vaccines still necessary?" This video was created to provide comprehensive and science-based answers to these and other questions.
What Would Happen If We Stopped Vaccinations?
In the U.S., vaccination programs have eliminated or significantly reduced many vaccine-preventable diseases. However, these diseases still exist and can once again become common—and deadly—if vaccination coverage does not continue at high levels.
In the U.S., vaccination programs have eliminated or significantly reduced many vaccine-preventable diseases. However, these diseases still exist and can once again become common—and deadly—if vaccination coverage does not continue at high levels.
Allowing Personal Beliefs to Trump Public Health
Should a parent's personal beliefs about not vaccinating their children trump public health concerns and the fact that these unvaccinated kids put other children at risk for vaccine preventable illnesses.
Should a parent's personal beliefs about not vaccinating their children trump public health concerns and the fact that these unvaccinated kids put other children at risk for vaccine preventable illnesses.
Parents PACK
Parents PACK — Possessing, Accessing and Communicating Knowledge about vaccines — was established by the Vaccine Education Center at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia to help provide parents with more information and answers to common questions about vaccines.
Parents PACK — Possessing, Accessing and Communicating Knowledge about vaccines — was established by the Vaccine Education Center at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia to help provide parents with more information and answers to common questions about vaccines.