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Importance of Vaccines |
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vaccinations have saved more than a billion lives and prevented countless
illnesses and disabilities in the United States. Vaccine-preventable
diseases, such as measles, mumps, and whooping cough, are still a
threat. They continue to infect U.S. children, resulting in
hospitalizations and deaths every year. |
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| Importance of Vaccines Resources |
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| Vaccine Information Statements |
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| VISs are information sheets produced by CDC that explain both the benefits and risks of a vaccine to vaccine recipients |
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| Vaccine Basics: Importance of Vaccines |
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| The Vaccine Basics web section on vaccineinformation.org provides information about importance of vaccines and answers many common questions about vaccines and getting vaccinated |
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| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) |
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| Why Vaccinate? |
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| Overview about the importance of vaccination in preventing serious diseases from making a comeback |
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| Vaccines for Your Children |
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| Parent information on vaccine schedules, diseases vaccines prevent, preparing for vaccine visits, and common questions about vaccines |
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| Center for Vaccine Awareness and Research (CVAR), Texas Children's Hospital |
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Vaccine-Preventable Disease: The Forgotten Story |
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| This book profiles families devastated by vaccine-preventable disease. All of the families featured in the book thought it would never happen to them. All would, in a heartbeat, grab the chance to rewrite history by immunizing themselves or their loved ones against disease. |
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| American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) |
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| Herd Immunity |
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| Animation and text explain how vaccinated people help prevent the spread of infectious diseases |
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| Vaccines Are Necessary |
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| Describes the seriousness of vaccine-preventable diseases and why vaccination should not be optional |
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| FEATURED RESOURCES |
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| Voices For Vaccines |
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| National organization representing the voice of pro-vaccine parents. Explore their many resources, including toolkits, podcasts, newsletters, and more. Join with the thousands who are already
members! |
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| Take the Vaccine Quest |
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| The Vaccine Quest is a free online course from Voices for Vaccines and designed for many different groups. Five modules help participants understand how vaccines work and how to spot good science about vaccines. |
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Shot by Shot Video Library |
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| People share their stories of vaccine-preventable diseases online. Collection of more than 100 videos from the California Immunization Coalition |
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| Video FAQs |
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| Vaccinate Your Family produced several brief videos of questions parents ask about vaccines that are answered by immunization experts. |
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| MORE INFORMATION: IMPORTANCE OF VACCINES |
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Triumphs of Immunization
The Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol 224, Supplement_4, Oct.1, 2021
The aim of this supplement is "to underscore the unparalleled human benefits that have accrued from vaccine discovery and use before the pandemic".
16 articles on vaccines, the US vaccine program, and vaccine challenges and opportunities are included in the supplement. |
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ACIP Recommendations
Vaccine Information Statements 
