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To meet Wikipedia's quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. Please discuss this issue on the talk page, or replace this tag with a more specific message. Editing help is available. This article has been tagged since July 2006. A vaccine is an antigenic preparation used to produce active immunity to a disease, in order to prevent or ameliorate the effects of infection by any natural or "wild" strain of the organism. The term derives from Edward Jenner's use of cowpox ( ...
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Resources
- (National Women's Health Information Center, OWH, HHS)
- Add Hepatitis B Vaccination to Your Back to School List (National Center for Infectious Diseases, CDC, OPHS, HHS)
- Adults Only Vaccination: A Step-by-Step Guide (Immunization Action Coalition)
- An Overview of Vaccine Safety (National Immunization Program, CDC, OPHS, HHS)
- Anthrax Fact Sheet (Division of Bacterial & Mycotic Diseases, NCID, CDC, OPHS, HHS)
- Anthrax Vaccine (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - Links to PDF File (National Immunization Program, CDC, OPHS, HHS)
- Autism and the MMR Vaccine (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
- Autism and Vaccine Research (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
- Buen Comienzo, Buen Futuro: Su ReciƩn Nacido (Education Publication Center, ED)
- CERHR: Thimerosal and Vaccines (Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction (CERHR))
- Challenges in Designing HIV Vaccines (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
- ChickenpoxVaccine - What You Need to Know (National Immunization Program Resource Center, CDC, OPHS, HHS)
- Clinical and Epidemiologic Principles of Anthrax (National Center for Infectious Diseases, CDC, OPHS, HHS)
- Closing the Gap: Adult Immunizations Save Lives (Office of Minority Health Resource Center, OMH, OPHS, OS, HHS)
- Colds and Flu: Time Only Sure Cure (Office of Consumer Affairs, OEA, FDA,)
- Concerns about Diabetes and Vaccines: Questions and Answers (National Immunization Program, CDC, OPHS, HHS)
- Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis Vaccines (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - Links to PDF File (National Immunization Program Resource Center, CDC, OPHS, HHS)
- Healthy Start, Grow Smart: Newborn through 12-month old Kit (Education Publication Center, ED)
- Healthy Start, Grow Smart: Newborn through 12-month old [Spanish KIT] (Education Publication Center, ED)
- Healthy Women: State Trends in Health and Mortality (National Center for Health Statistics, CDC, OPHS, HHS)
- Hepatitis A Vaccine - What You Need to Know (National Immunization Program Resource Center, CDC, OPHS, HHS)
- Hepatitis B Vaccine - What You Need to Know (National Immunization Program Resource Center, CDC, OPHS, HHS)
- Hepatitis, Viral, Type A: Health Information for International Travel (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- HIV/AIDS Vaccine Research activities at DAIDS (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, HHS)
- How Vaccines Prevent Disease (National Immunization Program, CDC, OPHS, HHS)
- Influenza Vaccine Information 2002-2003 (National Center for Infectious Diseases, CDC, OPHS, HHS)
- Información Sobre Las Vacunas Contra El VIH: Hagamos Realidad Las Vacunas Contra El VIH (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
- Lyme Disease Vaccine - What You Need to Know (National Immunization Program Resource Center, CDC, OPHS, HHS)
- Measles, Mumps, and Rubella Vaccine (MMR): What You Need to Know (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - Links to PDF File (National Immunization Program Resource Center, CDC, OPHS, HHS)
- Medicare Preventive Services... To Help Keep You Healthy (Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, HHS)
- Meningococcal Disease Among College Students (National Center for Infectious Diseases, CDC, OPHS, HHS)
- Multiple Sclerosis and the Hepatitis B Vaccine (National Immunization Program, CDC, OPHS, HHS)
- Mumps - In short (National Immunization Program Resource Center, CDC, OPHS, HHS)
- Ounce of Prevention: Keeps the Germs Away (Lysol Healthy Home Information Line)
- Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine - What You Need to Know (National Immunization Program Resource Center, CDC, OPHS, HHS)
- Polio Vaccines: What You Need to Know (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - Links to PDF File (National Immunization Program Resource Center, CDC, OPHS, HHS)
- Preventing Infections During Travel: A Guide for People with HIV Infection (CDC National Prevention Information Network)
- Protect Your Baby With Hepatitis B Shots (National Immunization Program, CDC, OPHS, HHS)
- Recommended Childhood Immunization Schedule United States, 2004 (National Immunization Program Resource Center, CDC, OPHS, HHS)
- Rotavirus Vaccine: Preventing Severe Diarrheal Disease in Infants (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
- The Jordan Report 20th Anniversary: Accelerated Development of Vaccines (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, HHS)
- Understanding Vaccines (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) - Links to PDF File - Large file (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
- Use of Anthrax Vaccine in the United States (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))
- Vaccinate Women: A periodical for obstetrician/gynecologists from the Immunization Action Coalition (Immunization Action Coalition)
- Vaccinations for Hepatitis A and B (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
- Vaccine (National Women's Health Information Center)
- Vaccine Information for the Public and Health Professionals (Immunization Action Coalition)
- Vaccines and Hair Loss (National Immunization Program, CDC, OPHS, HHS)
- Viral Hepatitis A to E and Beyond (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
- Viral Hepatitis B: Frequently Asked Questions (National Center for Infectious Diseases, CDC, OPHS, HHS)
- Yellow Book: Health Information for International Travel, 2003-2004, The (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))

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