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What's New

May 1, 2008

I4PH announces the publication date of Do Vaccines Cause That?! A Guide for Evaluating Vaccine Safety Concerns.

April 14, 2008

CDC has released vaccination recommendations for travelers to Israel during passover.

April 4, 2008

FDA has approved a new vaccine to prevent gastroenteritis caused by rotavirus.

Newsbriefs

May 7, 2008

Meningitis Vaccine Boosts Immune Response

Wall Street Journal

May 6, 2008

B.C. Offers Vaccine to Guard Against Cervical Cancer

Toronto Globe & Mail

May 6, 2008

Risk of Bird Flu Pandemic Probably Growing: Experts

Reuters

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The National Network for Immunization Information (NNii)

provides up-to-date, science-based information to healthcare professionals, the media, and the public: everyone who needs to know the facts about vaccines and immunization.

Mumps Test

All of the following are complications of mumps except:
Swelling of the salivary glands
Inflammation of the testes or ovaries
Birth defects
Aseptic meningitis (inflammation of the covering around the brain)
Permanent deafness
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Swelling of the salivary glands
  5% 

Inflammation of the testes or ovaries
  11% 

Birth defects
  45% 

Aseptic meningitis (inflammation of the covering around the brain)
  18% 

Permanent deafness
  18% 

Immunization Issues

Do Multiple Vaccines Overwhelm the Immune System?

Looking at the number of shots given at each pediatric visit, many parents wonder whether a baby’s immune system can withstand so many immunizations.

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Immunization Science

Measles, Mumps Vaccination and Hearing loss

Hearing loss in one or both ears is a well known complication of measles, mumps and meningitis. Could live virus vaccines for measles and mumps cause hearing loss?

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