Vaccines are essential public health tools with a favorable safety profile and prophylactic
effectiveness that have historically played significant roles in reducing infectious disease …

Information for Category 1 CME Credit Credit can now be obtained, free for a limited time, by
reading the review articles in this issue. Please note the following instructions. Method of …

Background Anaphylaxis is a potentially life-threatening allergic reaction. The risk of
anaphylaxis after vaccination has not been well described in adults or with newer vaccines …

Health: Deborah Assayag, Elizabeth Barnett, Jennifer Blake, Beverly Brockest, Giovani
Burgos, Glenn Campbell, Andrea Chambers, Angie Chan, Maryann Cheetham, Walter …

Immunization is highly effective in preventing infectious diseases and therefore an
indispensable public health measure. Allergic patients deserve access to the same publicly …

BACKGROUND: In 7 large managed care organizations (MCOs), we performed a post-
licensure safety assessment of quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccine (HPV4) among 9 …

The incidence rate of anaphylaxis is increasing, particularly during the first 2 decades of life.
Common triggers include foods, medications, and insect stings. Clinical diagnosis is based …

This report is a revision of the General Recommendations on Immunization and updates the
2006 statement by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)(CDC. General …

This report is a revision of General Recommendations on Immunization and updates the
2002 statement by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)(CDC. General …

Because of the advent of a new influenza A H1N1 strain, many countries have begun mass
immunisation programmes. Awareness of the background rates of possible adverse events …