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    Early Childhood Vaccines

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    There is an extensive list of all the vaccines, what diseases they prevent and the symptoms and complications that are associated with these diseases. By receiving this information alone can convince a person to have their child vaccinated.  Below is listed the vaccines and what the disease can cause according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website for Vaccines and Immunizations: Rotavirus vaccine- prevents against symptoms of severe acute gastroenteritis (vomiting and severe

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    to vaccinate their children. This is why vaccines should be mandatory. Parents need to keep up on their children’s immunization schedule. Babies can already start to get vaccines at birth and should follow up getting them every month for their second dose. The Immunize for Good website (2016), states the current recommendation U.S. childhood immunization schedule is timed to protect children from fourteen pathogens by vaccinating them at the time in their lives when they are most vulnerable to

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    Vaccines for Children Program Beccca Hamilton The Ohio State University Vaccines for Children Program The importance of vaccines for children has a large impact on healthcare and my future practice. Therefore knowing what programs are available is critical to increasing the vaccine rates. Over the decades, there have been devastating consequences resulting from preventable communicable diseases as well as programs and strategies to assist in increasing the immunization rates. This paper will

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    If the bill had been passed, it would have provided residents sustained transparency, guaranteed parents the right to access vaccine reports that would keep them well informed, and assist them in making safe and appropriate decisions for their child (Texas H.B. 2249, 2017). On the other hand, as parents are opting out of their child receiving immunizations, conflicting values may arise. As vaccine exemption rates are rising, vaccine coverage levels are beginning to decline, putting the community

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    Disease Control needs to enforce that all fifty states in the U.S. implement strict and synonymous immunization requirements, making all vaccines mandatory (unless proven to be medically or religiously exempt). The routine U.S. childhood immunization schedule (from birth through age six) consists of vaccines for hepatitis B, diphtheria/ tetanus/pertussis (DTap), rotavirus (RV), Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib), pneumococcus (PCV), polio virus (IPV), measles/ mumps/rubella (MMR), varicella (also known

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    The Epidemic Of West Nile

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    most widely distributed arbovirus, causing infections across the continent from Africa, to Australia, Southern Europe, and North America. Cases have even been reported in Mexico and Canada. This paper will focus on the main symptoms, treatments, vaccination types, and prevention. JH van der Kolk and EJB Veldhuuis Kroeze classify West Nile Virus as, “a member of the genus Flavivirus, family Flaviviridae, and has a broad vertebrate host range” (Infectious Diseases of the Horse pg141). West Nile was

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    disease to occur with numerous antigens entering the body at once and that their child will not be able to properly metabolize and excrete the mercury from their body. In spite of false claims linking thimerosal to autism, several studies show that thimerosal does not have any link to autism and it is rather safe for the body to metabolize. When thimerosal enters the body, it is metabolized to two components, ethylmercury and thiosalicylate. Both ethylmercury and thiosalicylate are readily eliminated

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    Essay on The Vaccines for Children

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    monitors the success of children by making sure that are able to receive all of the necessary vaccinations. These children have to be in a certain financial class that has them otherwise unable to receive health insurance due to financial constraints of the parent (Katherine Hunting). Providing these effective immunization programs should not depend on modifications within the system before vaccinations are delivered more efficiently to U.S. children and adolescents. The current healthcare policies

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    act as an antigen without giving the patient the actual disease; unfortunately the health risks associated with some of them make getting vaccines a much more complex decision. Within America, throughout the past hundred plus years, the idea of vaccinations have become increasingly popular, especially for children of very young ages. Recent studies have proven that some mandatory vaccines, especially when given in a short intervals, can lead to severe and chronic health problems. Since there have

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    These drops in the measles rates are primarily thanks to vaccination. While the measles we vaccinate against have declined, they haven’t disappeared. If we stop vaccinating for measles, measles can and will return, all it takes is one unvaccinated child. “Vaccines undergo rigorous safety testing prior to being approved

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