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Different Types of Vaccines - History of Vaccines
The first human vaccines against viruses were based using weaker or attenuated viruses to generate immunity. The smallpox vaccine used cowpox, a poxvirus that was similar enough to smallpox to protect against it but usually didn't cause serious illness.
http://www.historyofvaccines.org/content/articles/different-types-vaccines
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Vaccines: Home Page for Vaccines and Immunizations Site - CDC
CDC's Vaccines and Immunizations web site home page.
http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/
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Home - Vaccinesgov
Vaccines.gov is your one-stop shop for information about vaccines and immunizations. Read easy-to-understand immunization and vaccination schedules, get info on diseases that vaccinations prevent, and have your vaccine questions answered.
http://www.vaccines.gov
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Vaccine - Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Wikipedia's information about vaccines.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaccine
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Vaccines and Immunization: Facts and Information
The official Web site for ImmYounity, a program focused on providing information and facts about vaccines and immunization.
http://www.vaccines.com
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Vaccines - ProCon
Should any vaccines be required for children?
http://vaccines.procon.org
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History of Vaccines - A Vaccine History Project of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
The History of Vaccines explores the role of immunization in the human experience and examines its continuing contributions to public health.
http://www.historyofvaccines.org
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Vaccine Information You Need from the Immunization Action Coalition - Vaccine Information
This website is brought to you by the Immunization Action Coalition, a national leader in immunization education, For parents and people of all ages, it provides timely, accurate, and proven information about vaccines and the diseases they prevent. Vaccines save lives!
http://www.vaccineinformation.org
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Vaccines - FDA
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, vaccines have reduced preventable infectious diseases to an all-time low and now few people experience the devastating effects of measles, pertussis and other illnesses.
http://www.fda.gov/BiologicsBloodVaccines/Vaccines/
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Adult Vaccination Information - WebMD
Find adult vaccine information including reasons for vaccination, vaccination types (including MMR, shingles, meningococcal, HPV, chickenpox, flu, hepatitis, and more), and the latest information on all adult immunizations for travel.
http://www.webmd.com/vaccines/
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WHO: Vaccines
Vaccines: WHO health topic page on vaccines provides links to descriptions of activities, reports, publications, statistics, news, multimedia and events, as well as contacts and cooperating partners in the various WHO programmes and offices working on this topic.
http://www.who.int/topics/vaccines/en/
