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A child being immunized against Polio. For financial immunization, see Immunization (finance). Immunization, or immunisation, is the process by which an individual is exposed to an agent that is designed to fortify his or her immune system against that agent. The material is known as an immunogen. Immunization is the same as inoculation and vaccination in that inoculation and vaccination use a viable infecting agent like immunization does. Immunization is just the general term for va ...
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- (National Women's Health Information Center, OWH, HHS)
- 10 Important Vaccine Facts for Seniors (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - Links to PDF File
- 10 Tips on Evaluating Immunization Information (National Vaccine Program Office)
- Add Hepatitis B Vaccination to Your Back to School List (National Center for Infectious Diseases, CDC, OPHS, HHS)
- Additives in Vaccines (National Immunization Program)
- Adolescent Immunization (National Coalition for Adult Immunization, National Foundation for Infectious Diseases)
- Adult Immunization (Cleveland Clinic)
- Adult Immunization in Emergency Departments (American College of Emergency Physicians)
- Adult Immunization Questions and Answers (National Foundation for Infectious Diseases)
- Adult Immunization Schedule (National Immunization Program) - Links to PDF File
- Adults Only Vaccination: A Step-by-Step Guide (Immunization Action Coalition)
- After the Shots...What to do if your child has discomfort (Immunization Action Coalition)
- An Overview of Vaccine Safety (National Immunization Program, CDC, OPHS, HHS)
- Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program (U.S. Department of Defense)
- Autism and Vaccine Research (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
- Availability of Thimerosal-free Vaccines (National Immunization Program)
- Breastfeeding Practices: Results from the 2003 National Immunization Survey (Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity, NCCDPHP, CDC)
- Bright Futures - INTERACTIVE WEB SITE (Health Resources Services Administration Information Center)
- Bright Futures: Guidelines for Health Supervision of Infants,Children, and Adolescents (Health Resources Services Administration Information Center)
- Buen Comienzo, Buen Futuro: Su Recién Nacido (Education Publication Center, ED)
- CERHR: Thimerosal and Vaccines (Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction (CERHR))
- ChickenpoxVaccine - What You Need to Know (National Immunization Program Resource Center, CDC, OPHS, HHS)
- Child Health: American Indian and Alaska Native (Indian Health Services)
- Childhood Immunization (Cleveland Clinic)
- Childhood Immunization (National Library of Medicine)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Vaccination (National Institutes of Health)
- Closing the Gap: Adult Immunizations Save Lives (Office of Minority Health Resource Center, OMH, OPHS, OS, HHS)
- Concerns about Diabetes and Vaccines: Questions and Answers (National Immunization Program, CDC, OPHS, HHS)
- Current Vaccine Delays and Shortages (National Immunization Program)
- Definitions of Terms Related to Immunization (National Vaccine Program Office)
- Después de las Vacunas...¿Qué puede hacer si su hijo tiene molestia? (Immunization Action Coalition)
- Diabetes and Vaccines (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis Vaccines (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - Links to PDF File (National Immunization Program Resource Center, CDC, OPHS, HHS)
- Diseases Charts (Quickly Find Information on Each Vaccine-Preventable Disease) (National Immunization Program)
- Effectiveness of Safer Smallpox Vaccine Demonstrated against Monkeypox (National Institutes of Health)
- Eliminate Disparities in Adult & Child Immunization Rates (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Minority Health)
- Evolution of Vaccines (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
- FAQs about Recalled Vaccines (National Immunization Program)
- Fight Flu and Pneumonia (Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Publications Office)
- Guía de Salud Infantil (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Clearinghouse, AHRQ, OPHS, HHS)
- Guía para la Buena Salud de los Adultos (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Clearinghouse, AHRQ, OPHS, HHS)
- Guidelines for Vaccinating Pregnant Women (National Immunization Program, CDC, OPHS, HHS)
- Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) and Influenza Vaccine (National Immunization Program, CDC, OPHS, HHS)
- Healthy Start, Grow Smart: Your Newborn (Education Publication Center, ED)
- Healthy Start, Grow Smart: Newborn through 12-month old Kit (Education Publication Center, ED)
- Healthy Start, Grow Smart: Newborn through 12-month old [Spanish KIT] (Education Publication Center, ED)
- Healthy Women: State Trends in Health and Mortality (National Center for Health Statistics, CDC, OPHS, HHS)
- Hepatitis A Vaccine - What You Need to Know (National Immunization Program Resource Center, CDC, OPHS, HHS)
- Hepatitis B Vaccine - What You Need to Know (National Immunization Program Resource Center, CDC, OPHS, HHS)
- HHS Fact Sheet: The Childhood Immunization Initiative (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
- How Vaccines Prevent Disease (National Immunization Program, CDC, OPHS, HHS)
- If We Stop Vaccinating... (National Vaccine Program Office)
- Immunization (National Women's Health Information Center)
- Immunization (Medline Plus)
- Immunization (Cleveland Clinic)
- Immunization Action Coalition
- Immunization Considerations When Traveling Abroad (Cleveland Clinic)
- Immunization Glossary (National Immunization Program)
- Immunization Laws (National Vaccine Program Office)
- Immunization...Not Just Kids' Stuff (Immunization Action Coalition)
- Immunizations for People with Weakened Immune Systems (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Influenza Vaccine Information 2002-2003 (National Center for Infectious Diseases, CDC, OPHS, HHS)
- Inmunizaciones...No son solamente para los niños (Immunization Action Coalition)
- La guía para mantenerse saludable después de los 50 (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Clearinghouse, AHRQ, OPHS, HHS)
- Lifetime of Good Health: Your Guide to Staying Healthy (National Women's Health Information Center) - Links to PDF File (National Women's Health Information Center, OWH, HHS)
- Lupus and Infections and Immunizations (Lupus Foundation of America, Inc.)
- Lyme Disease Vaccine - What You Need to Know (National Immunization Program Resource Center, CDC, OPHS, HHS)
- Measles, Mumps, and Rubella Vaccine (MMR): What You Need to Know (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - Links to PDF File (National Immunization Program Resource Center, CDC, OPHS, HHS)
- Medicare Preventive Services... To Help Keep You Healthy (Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, HHS)
- Mercury & Thimerosal (National Immunization Program)
- Mouse Study Could Aid Vaccine Designers (National Institutes of Health)
- Multiple Sclerosis and the Hepatitis B Vaccine (National Immunization Program, CDC, OPHS, HHS)
- National Coalition for Adult Immunization
- National Foundation for Infectious Diseases
- National Immunization Program
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
- National Network for Immunization Information
- National Vaccine Program Office
- Ounce of Prevention: Keeps the Germs Away (Lysol Healthy Home Information Line)
- Overview of Vaccine Safety (National Immunization Program)
- Photos of People with Vaccine-Preventable Diseases (Immunization Action Coalition)
- Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine - What You Need to Know (National Immunization Program Resource Center, CDC, OPHS, HHS)
- Pocket Guide to Good Health for Adults (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Clearinghouse, AHRQ, OPHS, HHS)
- Pocket Guide to Good Health for Children (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Clearinghouse, AHRQ, OPHS, HHS)
- Pocket Guide to Staying Healthy at 50+ (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Clearinghouse, AHRQ, OPHS, HHS)
- Polio Vaccines: What You Need to Know (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - Links to PDF File (National Immunization Program Resource Center, CDC, OPHS, HHS)
- Pregnancy Complications: Rubella (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
- Print Materials in Other Languages (Immunization Action Coalition) - immunization/vaccination materials in 28 languages
- Protect Your Baby With Hepatitis B Shots (National Immunization Program, CDC, OPHS, HHS)
- Recommended Childhood Immunization Schedule United States, 2004 (National Immunization Program Resource Center, CDC, OPHS, HHS)
- Shots for Safety (National Institute on Aging)
- Smallpox.gov - Smallpox Information website, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
- State Health Profiles for Immunization (National Partnership for Immunization.)
- Summary of Recommendations for Adult Immunization (Immunization Action Coalition)
- Tetanus and Pertussis Vaccine (Cleveland Clinic)
- Thimerosal & Vaccines (National Immunization Program)
- Traveler's Health: Destinations (Diseases and Vaccinations) (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Understanding Vaccines (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) - Links to PDF File - Large file (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
- Vaccinate Women (Immunization Action Coalition)
- Vaccinate Women: A periodical for obstetrician/gynecologists from the Immunization Action Coalition (Immunization Action Coalition)
- Vaccinations for Adults, You're NEVER too old to get shots (Immunization Action Coalition)
- Vaccine Information for the Public and Health Professionals (Immunization Action Coalition)
- Vaccine Information Statements (National Vaccine Program Office)
- Vaccine-Preventable Childhood Diseases (National Immunization Program, CDC, OPHS, HHS)
- Vaccines and Hair Loss (National Immunization Program, CDC, OPHS, HHS)
- Viral Hepatitis A to E and Beyond (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
- Yellow Book: Health Information for International Travel, 2003-2004, The (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))
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