Which vaccines are a must?

What vaccines do adults need?
  • Flu (influenza) vaccine. To prevent the flu, the CDC recommends annual flu vaccination for everyone ages 6 months or older. ...
  • Pneumococcal vaccine. ...
  • Tetanus toxoid, reduced diphtheria toxoid and acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccine. ...
  • Shingles. ...
  • Human papillomavirus (HPV). ...
  • COVID-19.
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Which vaccines are absolutely necessary?

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  • Varicella vaccine.
  • Rotavirus vaccine.
  • Hepatitis A vaccine.
  • Meningococcal vaccine.
  • Human papillomavirus vaccine.
  • Tdap booster.
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Are vaccines medically necessary?

Because vaccines are considered medically necessary (except in the medical cases mentioned above), they are considered to be "best-care" practices.
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What vaccines should I avoid?

Vaccines: Who Should Avoid Them and Why
  • Overview.
  • Flu.
  • Hepatitis A.
  • Hepatitis B.
  • HPV.
  • Tdap.
  • Shingles.
  • Meningococcal.
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Is the HPV vaccine mandatory?

As of April 2020, at least four jurisdictions (Rhode Island, Virginia, Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico) require HPV vaccination for school attendance. Hawaii will require the vaccine starting July 1, 2020.
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What are optional vaccines?

Optional vaccines are those which are not included in the routine immunisation programme and given on an optional basis. Paediatric Vaccines –Rotavirus, DTaP, Haemophilus Type b Conjugate vaccine. Adult Vaccines – Hepatitis B.
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Can you delay vaccines for babies?

As mentioned earlier, delay in vaccination is manageable. Having said that, it is important to administer deferred doses as soon as it is feasible. Missed vaccination puts the child at risk of contracting the disease the vaccine was meant to protect against.
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What is the most effective vaccine ever?

Smallpox vaccination with vaccinia virus is the most famous example of a highly effective vaccine and at the time when people were faced with smallpox outbreaks, this vaccine was associated with each of these characteristics that led to the implementation of a successful vaccine.
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Which Covid vaccine is safest?

The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are strongly recommended as safe and effective at preventing serious illness or death from COVID-19.
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What are the 5 most important vaccines?

Here are five of the most important vaccines ever developed:
  • The smallpox vaccine. Smallpox was the first successful vaccine, developed in 1796 by Edward Jenner. ...
  • The polio vaccine. ...
  • The MMR vaccine. ...
  • The Tdap vaccine. ...
  • The HPV vaccine. ...
  • Insider's takeaway.
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How long does the Covid vaccine immunity last?

One recent study from the U.K. Health Security Agency showed that protection against infection from two doses of vaccine may last for up to six months.
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What vaccines Can I skip for baby?

Both delay vaccines, and one of them also allows parents to skip shots for measles, mumps and rubella (MMR), chickenpox, hepatitis A and polio.
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Should kids be vaccinated?

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) now recommends a COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 and older. Johns Hopkins Medicine encourages all families to have eligible children vaccinated with the COVID-19 vaccine.
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Is influenza vaccine optional?

In most cases, yes. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends a yearly flu (influenza) vaccine for all children 6 months and older in the United States — ideally by the end of October. This year the CDC recommends the flu shot or the nasal spray flu vaccine.
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Is TB a live vaccine?

The BCG vaccine contains live bacteria that have been weakened (attenuated), so that they stimulate the immune system but do not cause disease in healthy people.
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Is HPV vaccine only for females?

Gardasil 9 is an HPV vaccine approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and can be used for both girls and boys. This vaccine can prevent most cases of cervical cancer if the vaccine is given before girls or women are exposed to the virus.
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Who should not get Covid vaccine?

The mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines are not recommended for children under the age of 5 years for Pfizer-BioNTech/ Comirnaty COVID-19 vaccine and children under the age of 18 years for Moderna/Spikevax COVID-19 vaccine until more efficacy and safety data become available for these subgroups.
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Is it safe for my child to get the Covid vaccine?

The coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines are safe and effective. 2 doses are being offered to children aged 5 to 15 to give them the best protection against COVID-19.
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Should I get vaccinated if I have already had COVID-19?

But because it's possible to get reinfected and COVID-19 can cause severe medical complications, the CDC recommends that people who have already had COVID-19 get a COVID-19 vaccine. In addition, COVID-19 vaccination might offer better protection than getting sick with COVID-19.
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Which is better Moderna or Pfizer?

While both vaccines were highly effective in preventing infection, hospitalization and death, the Moderna vaccine conferred a 21% lower risk of infection and a 41% lower risk of hospitalization. “Both vaccines are incredibly effective, with only rare breakthrough cases,” said research team member Dr.
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What's the difference between Moderna and Pfizer?

The interval between Moderna doses is 28 days; for the Pfizer vaccine, it's 21 days. Each dose of Pfizer's contains 30 micrograms of vaccine. Moderna went with a much larger dose of vaccine, 100 micrograms. It means the company is using a little more than three times as much vaccine per person as Pfizer is.
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How long does the Pfizer vaccine last?

How are we monitoring the coronavirus vaccines? Pfizer and Moderna have been monitoring immunity in people who were given their vaccines in the initial clinical trials—both companies had reported strong overall efficacy at the six-month mark.
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How many successful vaccines are there?

The 20th century saw great successes at developing vaccines for many acute infectious diseases such that we now have an arsenal of 31 vaccines that are licensed in the United States to prevent infectious diseases [1,2].
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What is the most important child vaccine?

Diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis vaccine (DTaP)
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