Vaccine safety

General information

• Vaccine Excipient and Media Summary, by Excipient (PDF)
• Vaccine Excipient and Media Summary, by Vaccine (PDF)
• Evaluating Immunization Information on the web
• Plain Talk About Childhood Immunizations

Vaccines and autism

• MMR Does Not Cause Autism—Examine the Evidence (PDF)
• Vaccines and Autism, by Dr. Paul Offit, Director of the Vaccine Education Center, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (PDF)

Thimerosal

• Mercury and Vaccines
• Thimerosal Content in Some US Licensed Vaccines

Other vaccine safety issues

• Aluminum in vaccines
• Multiple sclerosis and hepatitis B vaccine
• Vaccine safety review
• Multiple vaccinations and immune system dysfunction

Immunization resources parents shouldn't be without

Book and pamphlets:

• Myers, Martin G. MD and Diego Pineda.  Do Vaccines Cause That?—A Guide for Evaluating Vaccine Safety Concerns.
  See ordering information.
• Murkoff, Heidi.  What to Expect Guide to Immunizations.  New York : The What to Expect Foundation, 2008.  Available in English and Spanish versions; download a free copy (PDF).
• Offit, Paul A. MD and Louis M. Bell, MD.  Vaccines: What You Should Know, 3^rd edition.  New York : Simon & Schuster, March 2003.
• Public Health— Seattle & King County and Snohomish Health District.  Plain Talk About Childhood Immunizations (pamphlet).  Available free from Within Reach at 1-800-322-2588 (voice) or 1-800-833-6388 (TTY), and from Washington State Department of Health at (360) 664-2929 (fax only), and via our website.

Websites:

• Immunization Action Coalition/Hepatitis B Coalition
  • Lots of information on immunizations, including free stuff you can download on adult and childhood immunizations ("camera-ready" in PDF format)
  • Vaccine Information Statements are available in over 30 languages
    
    
• Vaccine Information
  • Link to video clips of several children with pertussis
    
    
• National Network for Immunization Information
  • Vaccine safety and general vaccine information
  • Frequently Asked Questions for Parents
    
    
• CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• • National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases
    
    
• Washington Department of Health Immunization Program

Email, fax and phone numbers:

• Public Health - Seattle & King County
  • Immunization Program: 206-296-4774
  • Vaccine Distribution Program: 206-296-4782
  • Communicable Disease Hotline: 206-296-4949
    
    
• CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
  • National Immunization Program e-mail address: nipinfo@cdc.gov
  • Telephone consultation: CDC-INFO Contact Center, staffed 8 am-11pm (EST)
  • English and Spanish--1-800-CDC-INFO (800-232-4636)
  • CDC Fax Information Service: 1-888-CDC-FAXX (1-888-232-3299)
    
    
• Washington State Immunization Program:
  Main number: 360-236-3595