Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  
Vaccine Safety Concerns
www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/concerns

Immunization Safety Office
www.cdc.gov/od/science/iso/about_iso.htm

Some Common Misconceptions about Vaccination and How to Respond to Them
www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vac-gen/6mishome.htm

Video: Safer Healthier Children
www.vaccineinformation.org/video/general.asp#safechildren (7:54 min  26,212 KB)

National Vaccine Program Office
  
Vaccine Safety
www.hhs.gov/nvpo/vacsafe.htm

Some of the People Who Stand Behind Vaccinations
www.hhs.gov/nvpo/people.htm

10 Tips on Evaluating Immunization Information on the Internet
www.hhs.gov/nvpo/tips.htm
 
Institute of Medicine
  
Immunization Safety Review Committee
www.iom.edu/IOM/IOMHome.nsf/Pages/immunization+safety+review

Immunization Safety Review: Vaccines and Autism
www.nap.edu/books/030909237X/html

Immunization Safety Review: Vaccinations and Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy
www.nap.edu/books/0309088860/html/

Hepatitis B Vaccine and Demyelinating Neurological Disorders
www.iom.edu/report.asp?id=4435

Immunization Safety Review: Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine and Autism
www.nap.edu/catalog/10101.html (can order as a book or read online)

Immunization Safety Review: Thimerosal - Containing Vaccines and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
www.nap.edu/catalog/10208.html?onpi_newsdoc100101 (can order as a book or read online)

Immunization Safety Review: Multiple Immunizations & Immune Dysfunction
www.nap.edu/catalog/10306.html (can order as a book or read online)
 
Institute of Vaccine Safety
   
Website home page
www.vaccinesafety.edu

 
Immunization Action Coalition
 
Clear Answers & Smart Advice About Your Baby's Shots (by Dr. Ari Brown)
www.immunize.org/catg.d/p2068.pdf

MMR vaccine does not cause autism. Examine the evidence!
www.immunize.org/catg.d/p4026.pdf

Vaccine Concerns by Paul A. Offit, MD, and Louis M. Bell, MD
www.immunize.org/catg.d/p4038.pdf

Vaccines and Autism by Dr. Paul Offit, Director, Vaccine Education Center
www.immunize.org/catg.d/p2065.pdf
 
National Network for Immunization Information
  
Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System
www.immunizationinfo.org/immunization_issues_detail.cfv?id=35

Immunization Science
www.immunizationinfo.org/immunization_science.cfm

Common Questions about Vaccine Safety
www.immunizationinfo.org/assets/files/pdfs/4_VAC_S.pdf

Common Questions about Adverse Events that Follow Vaccination
www.immunizationinfo.org/assets/files/pdfs/4_ADV.pdf

Common Questions about Vaccine Ingredients
www.immunizationinfo.org/assets/files/pdfs/4_VAC_I.pdf

Common Questions about Vaccine Research and Development
www.immunizationinfo.org/assets/files/pdfs/4_VAC_RD.pdf

Common Questions about Vaccine Recommendation Policies
www.immunizationinfo.org/assets/files/pdfs/4_REC.pdf

Common Questions about the Immune System and Vaccines
www.immunizationinfo.org/assets/files/pdfs/4_IMM_SYS.pdf

Common Questions about Alternatives to Vaccines
www.immunizationinfo.org/assets/files/pdfs/4_ALT.pdf

Common Questions about Vaccine Effectiveness
www.immunizationinfo.org/assets/files/pdfs/4_VAC_E.pdf

Common Questions about Immunization Doses and Schedules
www.immunizationinfo.org/assets/files/pdfs/4_IMM_DOS.pdf

Background Information on How Vaccines Are Selected for Routine Use
www.immunizationinfo.org/assets/files/pdfs/5_HCV.pdf

Background Information on Monitoring Vaccine Safety
www.immunizationinfo.org/assets/files/pdfs/5_MVS.pdf
 
American Academy of Pediatrics
 
Study Fails to Show a Connection Between Thimerosal and Autism
www.aap.org/profed/thimaut-may03.htm

Important Information for Families
www.cispimmunize.org/fam/fam_main.html
 
Vaccine Education Center, Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia
  
The Problem with Dr Bob's Alternative Vaccine Schedule
Authors: Offit, PA, Moser CA
Source: Pediatics, January 1, 2009, Vol. 123(1): e164-9
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/123/1/e164 (full text)

Vaccine Safety
www.chop.edu/consumer/jsp/division/generic.jsp?id=75694

10 Vaccine Myths—Busted
www.chop.edu/consumer/jsp/division/generic.jsp?id=81553

The Facts about Childhood Vaccines
English: www.chop.edu/vaccine/images/vec_tear_sheet.pdf
Spanish: www.chop.edu/vaccine/images/vec_tearsht_esp.pdf

Too Many Vaccines? What you should know
Source: Vaccine Education Center
English: www.chop.edu/vaccine/images/vec_tomany.pdf
Spanish: www.chop.edu/vaccine/images/vec_tomany_esp.pdf

Aluminum in Vaccines: What you should know
English: www.chop.edu/vaccine/pdf/aluminum_eng.pdf
Spanish: www.chop.edu/vaccine/pdf/aluminum_spa.pdf

Vaccines and Autism: What you should know
Source: Vaccine Education Center
English: www.chop.edu/vaccine/images/autism.pdf
Spanish: www.chop.edu/vaccine/images/autism_spa.pdf

Thimerosal: What you should know
Source: Vaccine Education Center
English: www.chop.edu/vaccine/images/vec_thimerosal.pdf
Spanish: www.chop.edu/vaccine/images/vec_thimerosal_esp.pdf

Vaccines and Autism: A Tale of Shifting Hypotheses
Authors: Paul Offit, MD, and Jeffrey Gerber, MD
Source: Clinical Infectious Diseases
http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/pdf/10.1086/596476
 
Every Child By Two

Vaccine Safety
www.ecbt.org/parents/vaccinesafety.cfm

Vaccinate Your Baby
www.vaccinateyourbaby.org
 
Food and Drug Administration
 
Thimerosal in Vaccines
www.fda.gov/cber/vaccine/thimerosal.htm

Understanding Vaccine Safety: Immunization Remains Our Best Defense Against Deadly Disease
www.fda.gov/fdac/features/2001/401_vacc.html
 
Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety

GACVS reports and articles
www.who.int/vaccine_safety/reports/en
 
Quackwatch
 
Misconceptions about Immunization
www.quackwatch.com/03HealthPromotion/immu/immu00.html
  
Phone Numbers
 
CDC's Immunization Information Hotline
CDC-INFO Contact Center (800) 232-4636
 
Books, booklets, and other resources
 
Vaccinating Your Child: Questions and Answers for the Concerned Parent
By Sharon Humiston, MD, MP, and Cynthia Good Peachtree Publishers, 2000

Vaccines: What Every Parent Should Know
By Paul Offit, MD, and Louis Bell, MD IDG Books, 1999

Parents Guide to Childhood Immunization (94-page booklet)
From CDC's National Immunization Program
www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/parents-guide/default.htm

Vaccines: Separating Fact from Fear (online video)
Source: Vaccine Education Center
www.vaccineinformation.org/video/chop1.asp
 
For more technical information about vaccine safety, including links to related peer-reviewed journal articles, please click here.

This page was reviewed on June 8, 2009