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  2. Childhood immunizations in the United States - Wikipedia

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    This is a series of 2 shots given between 12 and 23 months of age. Side Effects can include. soreness at the injection site (1 in 2 adults, 1 in 6 children) headache (1 in 6 adults and 1 in 25 children) loss of appetite (1 in 12 children) tiredness (1 in 14 adults) These problems usually only last 1 or 2 days.

  3. Vaccination schedule - Wikipedia

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    Example Polish call for vaccination against Diphtheria and Tetanus. Global vaccination coverage 1980 to 2019 among one year olds [1]. A vaccination schedule is a series of vaccinations, including the timing of all doses, which may be either recommended or compulsory, depending on the country of residence.

  4. Expanded Program on Immunization - Wikipedia

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    Since the establishment of EPI in1974, vaccination has prevented 154 million deaths, among which 146 million are in children younger than 5 years of whom 101 million are in infants younger than 1 year. Measles vaccination is the single greatest contributor of lives saved by vaccination, preventing 93.7 million deaths out of total 154 million ...

  5. Vaccination policy of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Vaccination Schedule 2015 [1] Vaccination policy of the United States is the subset of U.S. federal health policy that deals with immunization against infectious disease. It is decided at various levels of the government, including the individual states. This policy has been developed over the approximately two centuries since the invention of ...

  6. Vaccines for Children Program - Wikipedia

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    The Vaccines for Children Program (VFC) is a federally funded program in the United States providing no-cost vaccines to children who lack health insurance or who otherwise cannot afford the cost of the vaccination. The VFC program was created by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 and is required to be a new entitlement of each state ...

  7. Vaccinate Your Family - Wikipedia

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    Vaccinate Your Family (VYF), formerly known as Every Child By Two (ECBT), is a non-profit organization, based in the United States, which advocates for vaccinations.Founded in 1991, its stated goals are to "raise awareness of the critical need for timely immunizations and to foster a systematic way to immunize all of America's children by age two."

  8. Timeline of human vaccines - Wikipedia

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    1984 – First vaccine for chicken pox. 1985 – First vaccine for Haemophilus influenzae type b (HiB) 1989 – First vaccine for Q fever [12] 1990 – First vaccine for hantavirus hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome. 1991 – First vaccine for hepatitis A [13] 1998 – First vaccine for Lyme disease.

  9. National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act - Wikipedia

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    The National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act (NCVIA) of 1986 (42 U.S.C. §§ 300aa-1 to 300aa-34) was signed into law by United States President Ronald Reagan as part of a larger health bill on November 14, 1986. NCVIA's purpose was to eliminate the potential financial liability of vaccine manufacturers due to vaccine injury claims [1] to ensure a ...