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When might an infant entering the first RSV season need the long-acting RSV preventive antibody shot even though the mother was properly vaccinated for RSV at least 14 days before delivery?
If you want to prevent pertussis in young babies, how effective is the strategy of given the tetanus-diphtheria pertussis vaccine (or Tdap) during pregnancy?
My family practice office has both RSV vaccine and nirsevimab left over at the end of RSV season. Should we discard them as we do influenza vaccines?
The mother of my infant patient was vaccinated for RSV at 33 weeks’ gestation but delivered the baby just a week later. Does this infant need RSV preventive antibody?
If a woman has had HPV infection detected through cervical cancer screening, can she still be vaccinated?
A child was given her second dose of hepatitis A vaccine 4 months after the first dose, Does it need to be repeated?
Why is hepatitis A vaccination recommended – and immunoglobulin or IG, NOT recommended – for infant travelers age 6 through 11 months at risk of exposure to hepatitis A?
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Kelly Moore answers the question: How is the RSV preventative antibody that is recommended for babies different from a vaccine to prevent RSV?
Kelly Moore answers the question: Why are otherwise healthy American Indian and Alaska Native children recommended to receive a dose of long-lasting RSV preventive antibody to protect them during their second RSV season?
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Kelly Moore answers the question: May influenza vaccines be given at the same time as other vaccines, including COVID-19 vaccines?
Kelly Moore answers the question: What is the latest ACIP guidance on influenza vaccination and egg allergy?
Kelly Moore answers the question: When does CDC recommend starting influenza vaccination?
Kelly Moore answers the question: Are any of the available flu vaccines recommended over others?
Kelly Moore answers the question: I’m a nurse who received the HepB series more than 10 years ago and had a positive hepatitis B surface antibody (or, anti-HBs) follow-up titer (measured at 10 mIU/mL, or greater). At present, my titer is negative. What should I do now?
Kelly Moore answers the question: Do adults who were properly vaccinated with HepB vaccine need to be revaccinated if they have a negative surface antibody (anti-HBs) result on their triple panel screening test for hepatitis B?
Kelly Moore answers the question: A healthy young adult patient who received the HepB vaccine series before college recently had a triple panel screen for hepatitis B virus infection and discovered that he had chronic hepatitis B. Did the vaccine fail? What do I tell the patient?
Kelly Moore answers the question: Which people who work in healthcare settings need hepatitis B vaccine?
Kelly Moore answers the question: If an adult hasn’t been screened for hepatitis B infection or immunity yet, should you screen them before you decide about vaccinating?
Kelly Moore answers the question: What do I do for adult patients who don’t have records of HepB vaccination, but are sure they were vaccinated?
Kelly Moore answers the question: Adults go to many different healthcare providers over time. HepB is a vaccine series most only need once. How do we avoid the problem of lost records for adult patients we vaccinate now?
Kelly Moore answers the question: Why should healthcare professionals focus on vaccinating adults against hepatitis B now?
Kelly Moore answers the question: How did ACIP alter its recommendations for polio (IPV) vaccination of unvaccinated or incompletely vaccinated adults in June 2023?
Kelly Moore answers the question: What do we know about the safety and effectiveness of Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA COVID-19 vaccines in the youngest children?
Kelly Moore answers the question: Can COVID-19 vaccination lead to fertility problems?
Kelly Moore answers the question: If a child without any high-risk conditions received a dose of meningococcal ACWY, or menACWY vaccine (brand names Menactra, MenQuadfi, or Menveo) at age 10 years, does the child need to be revaccinated at age 11–12 years?
Kelly Moore answers the question: An expired dose of measles-mumps-rubella-and-varicella vaccine, also known as MMRV was given to a patient. We assume that the repeat dose should be given in three months because the spacing between doses of a combination vaccine depends on the longest minimum interval of a component (in this case the varicella vaccine component). Is this correct?
Kelly Moore answers the question: A 4-year-old’s vaccine records show that she had four doses of inactivated polio vaccine, or IPV, given at 2 months, 4 months, 6 months, and age 2 years. Should she have a booster dose?
Kelly Moore answers the question: I have a healthy 5-year old patient whose close household contact (her mother) is immunocompromised due to cancer chemotherapy. Can I administer live vaccines to the healthy child?
Kelly Moore answers the question: Should college students be vaccinated against meningococcal disease with MenACWY vaccine?
Kelly Moore answers the question: Several healthy adult college students from outside the U.S. (ages 24 years and older) presented to our clinic. They will be living in a residence hall. None have a record of having received vaccination against meningococcal ACWY disease. Should they receive a dose of MenACWY now?
Kelly Moore answers the question: What is the schedule for Meningococcal ACWY, or MenACWY, vaccine?
Kelly Moore answers the question: My patient just turned 65 and has never had a pneumococcal vaccine. What are my options now?
Kelly Moore answers the question: Should vaccines be withheld for patients on steroids?
Kelly Moore answers the question: Can combination vaccines be used with children who have fallen behind with their vaccinations? If so, what schedule should we follow?
Kelly Moore answers the question: How many doses of pediatric diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis, or DTaP, vaccine does an infant need before she or he is protected from pertussis?
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Is it okay to draw up vaccines at the beginning of the shift/ If it isn’t, how much in advance can this be done?
Kelly Moore answers the question: Who is recommended to be vaccinated against meningococcal B disease?
Kelly Moore answers the question: I know the primary series of meningococcal B vaccine (or MenB) should use the same brand for all doses. Does that also apply to booster doses?
Kelly Moore answers the question: Is influenza vaccination recommended during pregnancy?
Kelly Moore answers the question: Some parents resist HPV vaccination of their 11- and 12-year-olds because they are not sexually active. How should I counter this position?
Kelly Moore answers the question: Some parents are requesting that we space out their infant’s vaccinations because they are concerned that receiving multiple vaccinations at a single office visit might overwhelm the infant’s immune system. What do you think about using alternative schedules?
Kelly Moore answers the question: How late in the season can I vaccinate my patients with influenza vaccine?
Kelly Moore answers the question: We frequently see patients who are febrile or have an acute illness and are due for vaccinations. We are uncertain if we should withhold the vaccines or not. What do you advise?
Kelly Moore answers the question: What is the difference between a contraindication and a precaution?
In this video from the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities, a parent of a child with autism shares her family’s story of educating themselves on vaccine safety and addresses additional concerns present in the Hispanic community.
From a series of short videos—Talking About Vaccines with Dr. Paul Offit: Age Groups and Vaccines—from the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Dr. Offit answers individual questions related to vaccines.
Paul A. Offit, MD, of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, discusses common concerns related to vaccines and autism and reviews some of the scientific studies.
In this How Vaccines Work series video, baby Jack and his parents find out how vaccines help train your baby’s immune system to help prevent disease.
Drs. Humiston, Boonstra, and Savoy share their best practices for effective recommendations, educating parents about the HPV vaccine, and how to handle a parent decline or delay.
Paul A. Offit, MD, explains the different types of mercury and how they are processed in the human body. From the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
From the Vaccine Education Center (VEC), Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Dr. Paul A. Offit discusses why aluminum is in vaccines and the safety of those small amounts.
In this CBC “Marketplace” special report, two moms go undercover with hidden cameras and visit five homeopaths in Toronto and Vancouver. They are told vaccines cause autism and that vaccine-preventable diseases are unusual and harmless. The moms are encouraged not to vaccinate their infants. (Canadian Broadcasting Corp.)
There is almost no topic in health and health policy that immediately polarizes people more than the idea that vaccines cause autism. Even though the original big paper on this topic came out at the end of the last century, the anger this causes is still raw and potent. But there is a very, very large amount of research showing that vaccines and autism are unrelated.
