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Kelly Moore answers the question: What do I do for adult patients who don’t have records of HepB vaccination, but are sure they were vaccinated?

Kelly Moore answers the question: Why should healthcare professionals focus on vaccinating adults against hepatitis B now?

Kelly Moore answers the question: Adults go to many different healthcare providers over time. HepB is a vaccine series most only need once. How do we avoid the problem of lost records for adult patients we vaccinate now?

Kelly Moore answers the question: Which adults should be vaccinated for hepatitis B?

Kelly Moore answers the question: If an adult hasn’t been screened for hepatitis B infection or immunity yet, should you screen them before you decide about vaccinating?

Kelly Moore answers the question: Do adults who were properly vaccinated with HepB vaccine need to be revaccinated if they have a negative surface antibody (anti-HBs) result on their triple panel screening test for hepatitis B?

Kelly Moore answers the question: I’m a nurse who received the HepB series more than 10 years ago and had a positive hepatitis B surface antibody (or, anti-HBs) follow-up titer (measured at 10 mIU/mL, or greater). At present, my titer is negative. What should I do now?

Kelly Moore answers the question: Which people who work in healthcare settings need hepatitis B vaccine?

Kelly Moore answers the question: A healthy young adult patient who received the HepB vaccine series before college recently had a triple panel screen for hepatitis B virus infection and discovered that he had chronic hepatitis B. Did the vaccine fail? What do I tell the patient?

Kelly Moore answers the question: How did ACIP alter its recommendations for polio (IPV) vaccination of unvaccinated or incompletely vaccinated adults in June 2023?

Kelly Moore answers the question: Are COVID-19 vaccines recommended during pregnancy?

Kelly Moore answers the question: What should be done if a patient scheduled for vaccination is exposed to COVID-19 or is isolated for suspected or confirmed infection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19?

Kelly Moore answers the question: Some parents resist HPV vaccination of their 11- and 12-year-olds because they are not sexually active. How should I counter this position?

Kelly Moore answers the question: Some parents are requesting that we space out their infant’s vaccinations because they are concerned that receiving multiple vaccinations at a single office visit might overwhelm the infant’s immune system. What do you think about using alternative schedules?

Kelly Moore answers the question: How late in the season can I vaccinate my patients with influenza vaccine?

Kelly Moore answers the question: What is the difference between a contraindication and a precaution?

Kelly Moore answers the question: We frequently see patients who are febrile or have an acute illness and are due for vaccinations. We are uncertain if we should withhold the vaccines or not. What do you advise?

In this video from the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities, a parent of a child with autism shares her family’s story of educating themselves on vaccine safety and addresses additional concerns present in the Hispanic community.

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From a series of short videos—Talking About Vaccines with Dr. Paul Offit: Age Groups and Vaccines—from the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Dr. Offit answers individual questions related to vaccines.

Paul A. Offit, MD, of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, discusses common concerns related to vaccines and autism and reviews some of the scientific studies.

In this How Vaccines Work series video, baby Jack and his parents find out how vaccines help train your baby’s immune system to help prevent disease.

Drs. Humiston, Boonstra, and Savoy share their best practices for effective recommendations, educating parents about the HPV vaccine, and how to handle a parent decline or delay.

From the Vaccine Education Center (VEC), Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Dr. Paul A. Offit discusses why aluminum is in vaccines and the safety of those small amounts.

Paul A. Offit, MD, explains the different types of mercury and how they are processed in the human body. From the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

In this CBC “Marketplace” special report, two moms go undercover with hidden cameras and visit five homeopaths in Toronto and Vancouver. They are told vaccines cause autism and that vaccine-preventable diseases are unusual and harmless. The moms are encouraged not to vaccinate their infants. (Canadian Broadcasting Corp.)

There is almost no topic in health and health policy that immediately polarizes people more than the idea that vaccines cause autism. Even though the original big paper on this topic came out at the end of the last century, the anger this causes is still raw and potent. But there is a very, very large amount of research showing that vaccines and autism are unrelated.

The infamous Wakefield study kickstarted the Autism Myth, but many studies have since shown that there is no link between the MMR vaccine and autism. Find out how it all got started. Rishi is a pediatric infectious disease physician and works at Khan Academy.

Aaron Carroll, MD, professor of pediatrics at Indiana University School of Medicine, produces videos at Healthcare Triage about healthcare issues. In this video, he describes the measles outbreak in Clark County, WA, how it spread, the seriousness of measles, and the importance of vaccination.

Ever wonder whether vaccines weaken a baby’s immune system? Dr. Lori Handy says, “The short answer is, absolutely no” and goes on to explain why.