Disease prevention and vaccination is the effort to stop illness before it starts. It covers vaccines, screening, travel health advice, and public health guidance on preventing outbreaks. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration, state and local health departments, doctors, and schools all take part.
People usually ask which vaccines are advised and where to get them. They want to know how vaccine schedules are set, how vaccine safety is monitored, what to do before international travel, how compensation for vaccine injuries works, and why advice from public agencies and doctors sometimes differs.
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