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Rotavirus Vaccines

Vincent Iannelli, MD / September 21, 2016 / History of Vaccines, immunization schedule, intussusception, live vaccines, Rotarix, RotaShield, RotaTeq, rotavirus vaccines, side effects, Vaccine Preventable Diseases, Vaccines

All children get their first dose of one of these rotavirus vaccines when they are two months old, completely a two or three dose series by the time they are eight months old.

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Varicella Vaccines

Vincent Iannelli, MD / September 21, 2016 / breakthrough chickenpox, chicken pox myths, chicken pox parties, chickenpox outbreaks, History of Vaccines, immunization schedule, immunizations, live vaccines, Vaccine Preventable Diseases, Vaccines

Varivax and Proquad are varicella vaccines that protect kids against chickenpox.

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Hib Vaccines

Vincent Iannelli, MD / September 21, 2016 / epiglottitis, Hib, History of Vaccines, immunization schedule, immunizations, meningitis vaccines, Vaccine Preventable Diseases, Vaccines, Walter Orenstein

The Hib vaccine protects against H. influenzae type b (Hib), an invasive bacteria that causes epiglottitis, meningitis, pneumonia, septic arthritis, and cellulitis.

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Hepatitis A Vaccines

Vincent Iannelli, MD / September 21, 2016 / adult vaccines, hepatitis A, hepatitis A outbreaks, immunization schedule, immunizations, travel vaccines, Vaccine Preventable Diseases, Vaccines

First licensed in 1995, the hepatitis A vaccine wasn’t added to the routine childhood immunization schedule until 2006.

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