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    Childhood Vaccination Rights and Risks According to the Encyclopedia of Family Health, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declared vaccinations to be one of the top on the list of 10 great public health achievements of the 20th century. Vaccinations have been extremely successful in eliminating and containing many deadly diseases, such as smallpox and polio, by providing the public with immunizations to keep themselves healthy against these very scary and potentially fatal illnesses

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    Health Policy and Impact on Vulnerable Populations Tram Nguyen Arizona State University   Health Policy and Impact on Vulnerable Populations (Title) Pneumonia is a form of acute respiratory infection which is caused by a bacterium called Streptococcus pneumoniae. Pneumonia is transmitted via air-borne droplets from coughing and sneezing, and it may also spread through blood. In 2015, pneumonia killed 15 percent of all deaths in children under the age of five, becoming the leading cause of death

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    Vaccine 21 (2015) 1304–1309 Review Vaccines Hesitancy: Factors influencing parents’ decision regarding vaccines Bushra Shaikh A B S T R A C T The intention to delay or avoid vaccines that are recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices can be described as “vaccine hesitancy.” While outright refusal of all vaccines is uncommon, hesitancy is seen on a regular basis in most primary care offices, resulting in immunization delay and prolonged susceptibility to preventable disease.

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    Precious or Poisonous: A Choice All Parents Must Make “Ever since the smallpox vaccine in 1798 there has been an argument over the safety, effectiveness and morality of vaccinations” (Immunization Action Timeline). In 2015 we have progressed as far as to find a vaccine for Ebola but the controversy still continues. In Tennessee, residents can refuse vaccines because of a religious reason. Many other states also allow their residents to refuse vaccines for religious and philosophical reasons

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    More than 10 million vaccines per year are given to children who are less than one-year-old, usually between 2 and 6 months of age. At this age, infants are at greater risk for certain So many infants have suffered a lot of problems from getting different injection because of their age (“VAERS Data”). Other parents, in general, would say all children should have their vaccines because neither one would want to catch any diseases that are spreading around. Most would say that all parents should make

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    Policy Development to Eradicate Yellow Fever in Angola On July 4th , 2016, the World Health Organization (WHO) (2016) reported the Republic of Angola experienced 3,552 suspected cases (875 laboratory confirmed and 355 deaths) of Yellow Fever (YF) in all 18 of its provinces. On the global health risk front, new cases of YF in people travelling from Angola were reported in China (11 cases), Democratic Republic of Congo (59 cases), Kenya (2 cases), Mauritania (1 case), and Namibia (1 case), despite

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    For years the topic of vaccination and its link to Autism has been a very controversial topic. In America, it has been an intense debate for decades. Many parents feel as though they shouldn’t have to vaccinate or be required to vaccinate their children because vaccinations can cause diseases like autism and even death. Others feel that their children shouldn’t have to risk getting infected by a child that hasn’t been vaccinated. Many people feel as if those who don’t get vaccinated are a danger

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    Why Vaccines Should be Required to Attend School Nundi Hall-Travis GND 1015: First Year Seminar November 21, 2015 Why Vaccines Should be Required to Attend School Ever since the invention of the first smallpox vaccine more than two centuries ago, there has been plenty of controversy over the morality, ethics, effectiveness, and safety of vaccination and immunization. It has recently been argued whether laws should be introduced that render some or all vaccines obligatory for all children

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    that are unable to receive vaccinations because they are too young to be vaccinated, have medical contraindications to vaccines, or have vaccine failure that it is so important to have your child vaccinated and adhere to the recommended immunization schedule suggested by the CDC. These vaccines will not harm your child and are only given to children after a long and careful review by scientists, doctors, and healthcare professionals. The only side effect that a child may experience from the vaccine is

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    In order to reduce the risk of spreading preventable diseases, parents must follow the recommended vaccination schedules suggested by healthcare professionals. When a baby is brought into this world that baby is exposed to a world full of disease and illness. Many of these childhood diseases that were frequent before vaccines are now almost obsolete thanks to the Drs. and scientists that have developed the vaccines. But now the integrity of these vaccines is being questioned and people want to know

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