Vaccines Articles
The FDA has licensed a new DTaP-IPV vaccine manufactured by Sanofi Pasteur to be used as the booster dose at 4-6 years of age. The first such vaccine, Kinrix, was licensed in 2008. It is app... Read more
Most parents are aware that a number of vaccines are given to infants and young children to protect them from serious and sometimes deadly diseases. But did you know that mothers, fathers, s... Read more
The hepatitis B vaccine protects against the hepatitis B virus, which causes liver disease and can lead to cirrhosis, liver failure, or death. It can also cause liver cancer, and this vaccin... Read more
Influenza (the flu) is a highly contagious disease that kills over 36,000 Americans every year, including healthy children. The vaccine is recommended for all children and adults 6 months an... Read more
The FDA approved a new combination DTaP-IPV vaccine manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline in June, 2008. It is only approved as the booster dose at 4-6 years old, if the same brand of DTaP (either... Read more
The Pentacel™ vaccine is a combination DTaP–HIB/IPV-vaccine, providing protection against 5 diseases in one injection. The FDA approved its use in the U.S. in June, 2008, and it was ap... Read more
Many parents have been asking whether vaccines have been linked to autism or to other neurologic or developmental disorders. This issue has received media attention over the past several ye... Read more
The hepatitis A vaccine has been used for years in high-risk areas such as Western states and in children and adults traveling overseas where hepatitis A is very common. In October, 2005 the... Read more
Rotavirus is a very common stomach virus that infects almost all infants and toddlers at some point. It causes severe vomiting and diarrhea for 1-2 weeks and is a leading cause of death in c... Read more
Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a sexually transmitted virus that causes genital warts in men and women. It has been known for years that virtually all cases of cervical cancer are caused by t... Read more
The MMRV vaccine is a combination of the MMR (Measles-Mumps-Rubella) vaccine and the Varicella (chickenpox) vaccine. Both vaccines are made by the same company and are unchanged in their co... Read more
The Tdap vaccine is a booster for pertussis (whooping cough), tetanus, and diphtheria given to all adolescents and to adults caring for a newborn baby, including pregnant women with each pre... Read more
The Td vaccine is the adult tetanus booster vaccine; it contains a small amount of diphtheria vaccine and is a booster for diphtheria as well. The primary tetanus and diphtheria vaccinations... Read more
The varicella vaccine is a vaccine to protect against the common childhood disease of chickenpox, which is caused by the varicella zoster virus (VZV). VZV also causes herpes zoster (shingle... Read more
The MMR vaccine is a combination vaccine, immunizing against more than one disease in the same injection (therefore reducing the number if injections needed), though we don’t tend to t... Read more
Polio is one of the most dreaded childhood diseases. As late as the 1950’s, parents were terrified that polio would make their children unable to walk, or worse, unable to breathe and... Read more
The pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) is a vaccine to protect against disease caused by the bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae, commonly known as pneumococcus. It is a bacterial infection... Read more
Summary: Diphtheria is deadly and still common in many parts of the world, including some cases in the United States. Tetanus lives in the soil and anyone who is not immunized is at risk. Pe... Read more
Comvax was discontinued in 2014. Comvax is a combination of hepatitis B and Haemophilus influenzae type b (HIB) vaccines. It was approved by the FDA for use in infants in October, 1996. The... Read more
The DT vaccine is a combination vaccine against diphtheria and tetanus. It is intended for use in children less than 7 years old who cannot receive the DTaP vaccine because of a reaction to... Read more
The Pediarix™ vaccine is a combination DTaP, hepatitis B, and IPV (polio) vaccine manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline. It is a combination of their existing DTaP product (Infanrix), hepatitis B... Read more
The meningococcal ACWY conjugate vaccine (MCV) is a vaccine to protect against disease caused by four strains of the bacterium Neisseria meningitidis, or simply meningococcus. The disease Me... Read more
The HIB vaccine is a vaccine against the Haemophilus influenzae type B bacterium. This germ used to infect thousands of infants and toddlers every year, causing sepsis (blood infection), men... Read more
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