Vaccine Safety Datalink — The Vaccine Safety Datalink Project (VSD) was established in 1990 by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to study the adverse side effects of vaccines.Four large health maintenance organizations, including Kaiser… … Wikipedia
Vaccine injury — Classification and external resources ICD 10 T88.1, Y58 Y59 … Wikipedia
Vaccine — For other uses, see Vaccine (disambiguation). A vaccine is a biological preparation that improves immunity to a particular disease. A vaccine typically contains an agent that resembles a disease causing microorganism, and is often made from… … Wikipedia
Vaccine court — Cases before the Vaccine Court are heard in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Vaccine court is the popular term which refers to the Office of Special Masters of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, which administers a no fault system for litigating… … Wikipedia
Vaccine controversies — James Gillray, The Cow Pock or the Wonderful Effects of the New Inoculation! (1802) A vaccine controversy is a dispute over the morality, ethics, effectiveness, or safety of vaccinations. Medical and scientific evidence surrounding vaccinations… … Wikipedia
Vaccine controversy — A vaccine controversy is a dispute over the morality, ethics, effectiveness, or safety of vaccination. Medical opinion is that the benefits of preventing suffering and death from infectious diseases greatly outweigh the risks of adverse effects… … Wikipedia
Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System — The Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System is a United States program for vaccine safety, co sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). VAERS is a post marketing safety… … Wikipedia
vaccine — /vak seen / or, esp. Brit., /vak seen, sin/, n. 1. any preparation used as a preventive inoculation to confer immunity against a specific disease, usually employing an innocuous form of the disease agent, as killed or weakened bacteria or viruses … Universalium
Vaccine-associated sarcoma — A vaccine associated sarcoma (VAS) is a type of malignant tumor found in cats (and rarely, dogs and ferrets) that has been linked to certain vaccines. VAS has become a concern for veterinarians and cat owners alike and has resulted in changes in… … Wikipedia
Vaccine trial — A vaccine trial is a clinical trial that aims at establishing the safety and efficacy of a vaccine prior to it being licensed.MethodologyA basic vaccine trial might involve forming two groups from a random sample of the target population. One… … Wikipedia
Vaccine shortage of 2004 — The vaccine shortage of 2004 came to light in the final weeks of the US Presidential Campaign. An American company, Chiron, had their operating licence suspended by British officials following problems at their manufacturing plant in Liverpool,… … Wikipedia