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Today, children in the United States routinely get vaccines that protect them from more than a dozen diseases such as measles, polio and tetanus. Most of these diseases are now at their lowest levels in history, thanks to years of immunization. Children must get at least some vaccines before they may attend school.
Vaccines help make you immune to serious diseases without getting sick first. Without a vaccine, you must actually get a disease in order to become immune to the germ that causes it. Vaccines work best when they are given at certain ages. For example, children don't receive measles vaccine until they are at least one year old. If it is given earlier it might not work as well. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention publishes a schedule for childhood vaccines.
Although some of the vaccines you receive as a child provide protection for many years, adults need immunizations too.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Diphtheria - Dr. Greene - Information on this childhood disease and immunization against it.
Protecting Health Through Immunization - Information about vaccine-preventable diseases, vaccine safety, recommended childhood, adolescent, and adult immunization schedules, answers to frequently asked questions, and other information about protecting your health and improving your safety by Aventis Pasteur, Inc.
American Academy of Pediatrics : Immunization Schedule - Indicates the recommended ages for routine administration of currently licensed childhood vaccines.
Plain Talk About Childhood Immunization - Includes facts about vaccine preventable disease, vaccine safety, the immune system and how vaccines work, legal requirements, current vaccine recommendations and an article comparing the risks of each disease versus the vaccine that prevents the disease.
Immunization Action Coalition - Provides information to help promote childhood and adult immunizations, with information about vaccine safety, myths, vaccine information statements, questions, schedules, and state immunization laws.
Childhood Immunizations - Information about immunizations and the diseases they protect against, plus links to information and community resources regarding vaccines.
2003 Immunization Schedule at AAP - Indicates the recommended ages for routine administration of currently licensed childhood vaccines from the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Immunisation Advisory Centre in New Zealand - Offers unbiased information to the public and health professionals on all aspects of childhood immunisation against infectious diseases.
KidsHealth - Up-to-date information on growth, food and fitness, childhood infections, immunizations, and medical conditions from the Nemours foundation.
Salon.com News | Deadly immunity - "When a study revealed that mercury in childhood vaccines may have caused autism in thousands of kids, the government rushed to conceal the data -- and to prevent parents from suing drug companies for their role in the epidemic." Free registration required to view entire article.