Vaccine Preventable Diseases A – Z
The use of vaccines has led to major improvements in child health over a relatively short period. Many of the infectious illnesses you or your parents had as children, from chickenpox to polio to measles, no longer affect most children today. If you follow the immunization guidelines recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), you can help make your child healthier than was ever possible in earlier generations.
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Think Measles: Clinical Guidelines for Patient Evaluation, Diagnosis, and Management
This year, the United States is having more reported cases of measles than usual. Most of these cases are associated with international travel. CDC urges healthcare professionals to consider measles when evaluating patients with febrile rash and ask about a patient’s recent travel history and contact with individuals who have recently traveled abroad. Centers for Disease Control
Vaccine Campaign in Poor Countries to Save 20 Million Lives
In poor countries, childhood vaccines will save 20 million lives and $350 billion in health care costs by 2020, a new study says. Read More Here