Vaccinations

Every state in the US has experienced the pandemic with many cases of swine flu (A-H1N1/09) in each state over the course of the 2009 pandemic.

There may be some ongoing cases in limited locations around the world even now, including in the US. However, the specifics and counts of cases are no longer being tracked by CDC, WHO, the US states, and most other countries, now that the pandemic has been declared over. Influenza cases are monitored, but specific H1N1/09 counts (and the lab tests needed to isolate the specific virus to be able to count them correctly) aren't being done. Influenza cases in general are monitored, but statistics are not being kept for H1N1/09 cases separately from other influenza types for reporting any longer in the post pandemic phase.

Vaccines prevent only the infectious diseases that they were made to prevent. For example, a vaccine for one type of flu will prevent that type of flu, but you may still get other types if you are not also vaccinated for them. This is why the seasonal flu vaccine usually contains vaccine for the three most likely types of flu that are expected to circulate at the next flu season.

There are vaccines for the various types of influenza, for other viral diseases like measles, mumps and polio and for a very limited number of bacterial disease such as one common type of bacterial pneumonia.

See the related questions below for more information about how vaccines work.

For both people and animals, the typical incubation period for rabies is 1 to 3 months. In rare cases, the incubation period can last from several days to more than a year after exposure to the virus.

After the symptoms of rabies appear, the disease is nearly always fatal. The virus damages the central nervous system, which includes the brain and spinal cord.

Just like other types of flu, there are different mutations and subtypes. Even if you have antibodies against one, you can still suffer from an infection of another. The current swine flu outbreak is from a new subtype. Therefore, if you were actually to be exposed to this swine flu, you do have a chance of becoming sick again.

Edward Anthony Jenner (17 May 1749 - 26 January 1823) was an English scientist who is widely credited as the pioneer of smallpox vaccine, and is sometimes referred to as the "Father of Immunology".

When the blisters are open, with weeping, they are contagious, just like the chicken pox. It is extremely important to stay away from elderly people, infants and small children, pregnant women, and anyone who has never had the chicken pox while the shingles are in their contagious stage. Once the shingles have scabbed over, you are less likely to pass it on.

A vaccine is actually a severely weakened version of the virus being vaccinated against.. The body recognizes this weak virus as a threat and builds antibodies to deal with that specific threat. After these antibodies have been created, your body then has a mechanism to destroy future infections of this virus before it has a chance to make you sick.

Polio,

Rubella,

Mumps,

Measles,

Human papillomavirus,

Diphtheria,

Pertussis,

Meningitis c.

You only need it once every 4 years if you're at high risk for getting it. 15-24 Year olds should get the Menactra vaccine.

Tetanus vaccine saves you from a very deadly disease called as tetanus. Only disadvantage is the vaccine is some what painful like most antibacterial vaccines. With repeated injections, you get rash on your body. This is due to hyperimmunoglobinemia.

TB vaccine is a live attenuated vaccine (LAV). This type of vaccine prepared from living micro-organisms (viruses, bacteria currently available) that have been weakened under laboratory conditions.
LAV vaccines will replicate in a vaccinated individual and produce an immune response but usually cause a mild or no disease.

My Mother-in-law just got off the phone with them. They said with Humana Gold PLUS. she would have to pay $6.50 towards it providing she had it done at a pharmacy. If she had it done at a doctors office their would be an additional fee for administering the shot.

between the age of 6 weeks to 6 months

Well all vaccines are made from weakened viruses so your body can defeat and remember them( T-Memory Cells). Small pox and polio vaccines are some of the most prominently and wide-spread, effectively elliminating the disease from much of America. However, it does still persist with occasional infections.

No. it will only hurt if you think about it. honestly , all it is, is a pinch. I got mine yesterday. I was over exaderating. it is nothing compared to the flu shot or h1n1. you will be fine. just don't think about it. if you think about it too much, then yes it will hurt . but that's mentally. so just relax. when it's done, you'll be like "that was nothing". good luck!

Possibly, but not as bad as if you were not vaccinated.

Vaccination is an injection of the disease you wish not to catch. This is done so your body will develop the needed, reactive antibodies to the disease in question. The injected form of the disease has been modified so that it is not as powerful and won't do as much damage as the one you are preventing, but reactions in people differ and reactions to this inoculations will include the symptoms of the disease.

The chances of a reaction depend on the person who is injected. When you get a cold does it hit you hard and you are down for awhile? That might be an indication of how your internal protection system works and you should prepare yourself for experiencing the symptoms of the vaccine.

* 65 years and older - if this is your first immunization, you only receive it once. * 65 years and older - if you have received an initial immunization before you turned 65, get a booster shot after you turn 65. There should be five years between the initial shot and a booster. * 18-65 years - one immunization and then one booster after age 65, if five years have passed since the initial shot. From Sutter Health

Cowpox was used as a vaccine for smallpox in 1798.

The first vaccination was a traditional cure in Turkey whereas babies were exposed to animals turd, upon discovering the fact that these babies became immune to diseases scientists concluded the way to methodical vaccination.

It is against small pox and is discovered by E. Jenner in 1798.

Although first recorded cured attempts to induce immunity were performed by the Chinese and Turks in the fifteenth century.

Persons at Increased Risk for Complications According to ACIP, vaccination is recommended for the following groups of persons who are at increased risk for complications from influenza:1 * persons aged ≥ 65 years; * residents of nursing homes and other chronic-care facilities that house persons of any age who have chronic medical conditions; * adults and children who have chronic disorders of the pulmonary or cardiovascular systems, including asthma; * adults and children who have required regular medical follow-up or hospitalization during the preceding year because of chronic metabolic diseases (including diabetes mellitus), renal dysfunction, hemoglobinopathies, or immunosuppression (including immunosuppression caused by medications or by human immunodeficiency virus [HIV]); * children and adolescents (aged 6 months-18 years) who are receiving long-term aspirin therapy and, therefore, might be at risk for developing Reye syndrome after influenza infection; * women who will be pregnant during the influenza season; and * children aged 6-23 months.

That could vary according to why the cortisone shot was prescribed. Ask the prescribing health care professional if there is any contraindication in your specific circumstances that would necessitate your waiting before vaccination.

Vaccines are not the disease itself. They make the body think that it is being attacked and it responds by making antibodies against that virus or bacteria. You can have some side effects where you may not feel well. These feeling is also a way the body fights diseases off. You know how you feel with cold infecting you. Part of that is the response you body makes when it is infected. A cold, flu, some other infection often have the same feelings (symptoms).

MMR vaccine protects you against Measles, Mumps, and Rubella. You need 2-3 doses on the proper schedule to become immune. You should get a blood test (titer) to confirm that the shots worked and gave your body immunity (some people need more shots and a small few people never seem to "take" to the vaccine, especially the mumps part- also the mumps part can be spoiled by heat during storage).

Many healthcare workers, teachers, and other professionals are required to get this vaccine to protect themselves and others from these diseases.

MMR is a "trivalent" (3-in-one) vaccine against the following 3 diseases:

Measles is a rough disease that we don't see as much of anymore because of the success of vaccines- but it could come back if people stop taking the vaccine.

Mumps is less common these days but there was a recent outbreak in New York City's Brooklyn area because groups of people stopped getting the vaccine for their kids. The mumps part of the vaccine can be spoiled by heat, so if the vaccine was not refrigerated properly, it can fail- while the other two parts are still effective. Also some people just never "seroconvert" (get immunity from the vaccine) or need a 3rd or 4th dose to obtain immunity. This can be frustrating because they require multiple blood tests to ensure that they are immune.

Rubella is a disease that isn't terribly serious except for the fact that when pregnant women get it, their babies usually cannot survive the infection, or the babies brains are severely injured for the rest of their lives. So this vaccine is important for all of us to get so that women won't have a large chance of getting exposed during pregnancy.

All of these diseases are pretty harsh, and can be deadly in young, elderly, weak, ill, or medicated people (on steroids or other drugs that weaken the immune system).

No one knows where the disease started, but some believe it was first written about by a Persian physician in the 9th century. Giovanni Fillppo in Italy in the 1500s. What's more certain is that in the 1600s, an English doctor named Richard Morton named what he thought a variation of smallpox. Then William Heberden in the 1700s proved that chickenpox was different from smallpox.