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An annual vaccine updated each year to match circulating influenza strains. Influenza kills, the vaccine is updated annually because the virus changes...
Continue Reading : A Working Checklist for Flu Vaccination
An annual vaccine updated each year to match circulating influenza strains. Key takeaways Recommended for: everyone 6 months and older, with rare exce...
Continue Reading : Flu Vaccination: The Questions People Actually Ask
Immunizations recommended or required for particular destinations. Several take weeks to become effective, and some are conditions of entry rather tha...
Continue Reading : Vaccines for Travel: What to Do, in Order
Immunizations recommended or required for particular destinations. Key takeaways Lead time: see a doctor or travel clinic at least a month before you...
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A vaccine reducing the risk of shingles and the nerve pain that can follow it. Postherpetic neuralgia can persist for months or years, and is consider...
Continue Reading : A Working Checklist for Shingles Vaccination
A vaccine reducing the risk of shingles and the nerve pain that can follow it. Key takeaways Recommended for: adults 50 and older, and adults 19 and o...
Continue Reading : Shingles Vaccination: Common Questions Answered A vaccine against the bacteria that cause much bacterial pneumonia , meningitis and bloodstream infection. Invasive pneumococcal disease carries high...
Continue Reading : Pneumococcal Vaccination: A Practical Checklist
A vaccine against the bacteria that cause much bacterial pneumonia , meningitis and bloodstream infection. Key takeaways Adults: recommended for all a...
Continue Reading : Pneumococcal Vaccination: The Questions People Actually Ask The vaccines recommended during pregnancy to protect both parent and baby. Antibodies cross the placenta, protecting a newborn during the weeks before...
Continue Reading : Vaccination in Pregnancy: What to Do, in Order
The vaccines recommended during pregnancy to protect both parent and baby. Key takeaways Every pregnancy: flu vaccine and Tdap (whooping cough) Tdap t...
Continue Reading : A Q and A on Vaccination in Pregnancy The expected reactions after vaccination , and the rare ones that need attention. Most reactions are the immune system doing its job, and distinguishi...
Continue Reading : Vaccine Side Effects: What to Do, in Order
The expected reactions after vaccination , and the rare ones that need attention. Key takeaways Common and expected: sore arm, tiredness, headache, mi...
Continue Reading : Vaccine Side Effects: The Questions People Actually Ask Delay or refusal of vaccination despite availability. It is usually the product of specific unanswered concerns rather than a fixed position, and it r...
Continue Reading : The Vaccine Hesitancy Checklist: What to Do and What to Skip Delay or refusal of vaccination despite availability. Key takeaways WHO: listed it among ten threats to global health in 2019 Most common driver: spec...
Continue Reading : Vaccine Hesitancy: Common Questions Answered How vaccination changes for people whose immune systems are suppressed. Live vaccines can be dangerous in this group, and inactivated vaccines matter...
Continue Reading : Immunosuppression and Vaccines: A Practical Checklist