Tag: Adults

Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)

3 COVID-19 vaccines are authorized in the United States: two messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) vaccines (Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna) and one viral vector vaccine (J&J).

Diphtheria, Tetanus and Pertussis

Recommendations Recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Infants and Children Adolescents and Adults For More Information Important Information for Obstetric Providers Disease Diphtheria disease is mediated by the toxin of the aerobic gram-positive bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheria. The incubation period is generally 2-5 days. Diphtheria can infect almost any mucous membrane, but most […]

Do Vaccines Cause Guillain-Barré Syndrome?

Conclusion Influenza vaccines reduce the risk of influenza infection, which causes Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). Thus, influenza vaccines prevent GBS by protecting against natural influenza infection. However, influenza vaccines can very rarely cause GBS within 6 weeks of vaccination in adults, at an estimated rate of 1-3 cases per million vaccinations. Influenza vaccines have not been […]

Do Vaccines Cause Multiple Sclerosis?

Conclusion Influenza vaccines do not cause multiple sclerosis (MS).Other vaccines currently routinely recommended to the general population in the U.S.* have not been shown to cause MS. Epidemiological Evidence Most studies described in the 2012 report by the Institute of Medicine (IOM), now called the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), found no association between vaccination […]

Haemophilus influenzae type b

Recommendations Recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Infants Children, Adolescents and Adults For More Information Important Information for Obstetric Providers Disease Haemophilus influenzae is an aerobic gram-negative coccobacillus bacterium with encapsulated typeable strains and unencapsulated nontypeable strains. There are six serotypes of encapsulated Hib, identified by their antigenically and biochemically distinct polysaccharide […]

Hepatitis A

Recommendations Recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Infants Children, Adolescents and Adults For More Information Important Information for Obstetric Providers Disease Hepatitis A Virus (HAV) is a nonenveloped RNA picornavirus that enters the body through the mouth via the fecal-oral route of transmission and replicates in the liver. Infected persons excrete virus […]

Hepatitis B

Recommendations The Institute for Vaccine Safety disagrees with the ACIP and CDC’s December 2025 changes to their Hepatitis B vaccination recommendations. Three decades of scientific evidence find the routine administration of hepatitis B vaccination for newborns to be very safe.  We fear that rescinding the universal recommendation for Hepatitis B vaccination at birth, without ensuring […]

Human Papillomavirus

Recommendations Note: because the current recommendations for this vaccine from relevant professional medical associations (e.g., AAP) diverge with those of ACIP, recommendations from each are presented below. Recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Adolescents and Adults For More Information Recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Infants and Children For More […]

Influenza

Recommendations Note: because the current recommendations for this vaccine from relevant professional medical associations (e.g., AAP) diverge with those of ACIP, recommendations from each are presented below.. Recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) All Age Groups Infants and Children For More Information Recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Infants and […]

Measles, Mumps and Rubella

Recommendations Recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Infants and Children Adults All Age Groups For More Information Important Information for Obstetric Providers Disease Measles is a highly contagious acute disease caused by an RNA paramyxovirus, genus Morbillivirus, with one antigenic type. Measles is transmitted via the respiratory route and secondary attack rates […]

Pneumococcal

Recommendations Recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Recommendations Infants Children, Adolescents and Adults For More Information Important Information for Obstetric Providers Disease Streptococcus pneumoniae is a facultative anaerobic gram-positive bacterium. 92 serotypes of S. pneumoniae have been documented, classified by their antigenic polysaccharide capsules. Antibodies provide protection specific to serotype. Pneumococci are […]

Polio

Recommendations Recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Recommendations Infants Children Adults For More Information Important Information for Obstetric Providers Disease Poliovirus is an RNA enterovirus of the Picornaviridae family. Transmission is primarily through the fecal oral route, and the virus replicates in the pharynx, local lymphatics and gastrointestinal tract. Spread of the […]

Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)

Recommendations Recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Recommendations Infants Children Adults For More Information Important Information for Obstetric Providers Disease Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is an RNA virus of the genus Orthopneumovirus. There are two main types of human RSV (Type A and Type B). Most subtypes are determined by antigenic drift […]

Varicella / Shingles / Herpes Zoster

Recommendations Recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Infants and Children Adolescents and Adults For More Information Important Information for Obstetric Providers Disease Varicella is a highly infectious acute disease caused by the DNA herpesvirus varicella zoster virus (VZV). VZV is transmitted via the respiratory route. The incubation period generally lasts about 15 […]

VISs, ACIP Recommendations and WHO Modules

Vaccine Information Statements: VISs are sheets developed by the US CDC that detail benefits and risks of a vaccine.  Before a dose of vaccine is administered, US Federal law requires recipient/guardian be provided the relevant VIS. Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices Recommendations: ACIP recommendations include the age(s) when a vaccines should be given, the number […]