VEC Vaccine Notes

Get ready for Season 4 of VEC Vaccine Notes! Charlotte Moser, Co-Director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, provides a sneak peek into the new season. While Seasons 1 through 3 covered more than 30 vaccine-preventable diseases, Season 4 turns the focus toward addressing common vaccine safety concerns. Season 4 will dive into the science behind vaccine ingredients, exploring why they are present and taking a closer look at specific components like aluminum, fetal cells, and thimerosal.

The first episode about “types of vaccine ingredients” will drop on Sept. 9.

Check out the video version of this episode.

Get ready for the new season by subscribing to our YouTube channel or following the series where you listen to podcasts. That way, you’ll be sure to get episodes as soon as they become available:

• VEC YouTube channel
• VEC Podbean channel

Catch up on previous seasons:

• "VEC Vaccine Notes" webpage
• "Vaccine Ingredients" web section

Questions? Submit the VEC Vaccine Notes form, https://bit.ly/contact-vec-vaccine-notes.

 

For more information or for general questions about vaccines, check out https://vaccine.chop.edu.

 

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Charlotte Moser, Co-Director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, talks about yellow fever and the vaccine. She explains the history of the yellow fever vaccine, how globalization and climate change impact the spread of yellow fever virus, and what steps travelers can take to protect themselves against mosquito bites. She also addresses common questions and the relative risks and benefits of the disease and vaccine.

Watch the episode to find out:

• Who won the Nobel Prize for development of the yellow fever vaccine
• Two areas of concern related to yellow fever disease control
• Estimated global number of infections and deaths caused by yellow fever each year
• The two main health issues caused by yellow fever
• The known, potentially fatal vaccine reaction and why the vaccine is still used despite this

To learn more about yellow fever and the vaccines to prevent it, please visit https://bit.ly/vec-yf.

Questions? Submit the VEC Vaccine Notes form, https://bit.ly/contact-vec-vaccine-notes.

For other vaccines, diseases or general questions about vaccines, check out https://vaccine.chop.edu.

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Charlotte Moser, Co-Director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, talks about typhoid and the vaccines. She shares the story of Mary Mallon, who was infamously known as "Typhoid Mary," to illustrate how people can be carriers of the disease, not having symptoms but still spreading typhoid. Moser offers tips on how travelers to high-risk areas can protect themselves from this disease, and she addresses common questions and discusses the relative risks and benefits of the disease and vaccines.

Watch the episode to find out:

• How today’s phrase “Typhoid Mary” came to be and what it means.
• How many people are estimated to have been affected by Mary Mallon’s carrier status and why.
• The distinct progression of fever caused by a typhoid infection.
• Why we say, “Boil it, peel it, or forget it.”
• The differences between typhoid and typhus.

To learn more about typhoid and the vaccines to prevent it, please visit https://bit.ly/vec-typhoid.

Questions? Submit the VEC Vaccine Notes form, https://bit.ly/contact-vec-vaccine-notes.

For other vaccines, diseases or general questions about vaccines, check out https://vaccine.chop.edu.

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Charlotte Moser, Co-Director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, talks about Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) and the vaccine that protects against it. She explains that the JEV vaccine is considered a travel vaccine, but it’s not recommended for all travelers to the Far East. She discusses the many considerations for making a vaccine recommendation. She also addresses common questions and discusses the relative risks and benefits of the disease and vaccine.

Watch the episode to find out:

• Which Americans are most often affected by JEV
• The rates of death and permanent harm when someone is infected with JEV
• What aspects of a trip are considered when deciding who should get the JEV vaccine
• JEV vaccine recommendations for adopted children who started the vaccine before moving to the U.S.

To learn more about JEV disease and the vaccine to prevent it, please visit https://bit.ly/vec-jev.

Questions? Submit the VEC Vaccine Notes form, https://bit.ly/contact-vec-vaccine-notes.

For other vaccines, diseases or general questions about vaccines, check out https://vaccine.chop.edu.

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Charlotte Moser, Co-Director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, talks about hepatitis A and the vaccine. She explains what makes the hepatitis A virus so hardy and why everyone is at risk for infection. She addresses common questions about the opioid epidemic’s connection to outbreaks, travel precautions, and the differences between hepatitis A and B. She also discusses the relative risks and benefits of the disease and vaccine.

Watch the episode to find out: 

• Why virtually anyone can get hepatitis A
• Links between spread of hepatitis A and the opioid epidemic
• Two reasons children are recommended to get this vaccine
• Why it's more difficult to know when children have hepatitis A
• Details about a concerning outbreak of hepatitis A in Virginia in 2021-2022
• The difference between hepatitis as a symptom versus infection with a type of hepatitis virus
• Differences between hepatitis A and hepatitis B
• Information about why hepatitis A vaccine recommendations changed over time 

To learn more about hepatitis A and the vaccines to prevent it, please visit https://bit.ly/vec-hepa. 

Questions? Submit the VEC Vaccine Notes form, https://bit.ly/contact-vec-vaccine-notes.

For other vaccines, diseases or general questions about vaccines, check out https://vaccine.chop.edu.

Subscribe to our Parents PACK newsletter, https://bit.ly/3KfLUoO.

Charlotte Moser, Co-Director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, talks about cholera and the vaccine. She explains why vaccination is not routinely recommend and what can be done to reduce the risk of cholera. She also addresses common questions and discusses the relative risks and benefits of the disease and vaccine.

Watch the episode to find out:

• How cholera contributed to our understanding of germ theory
• Steps travelers can take to protect themselves against cholera
• Why it is difficult to know how many cases of cholera occur annually
• The role of wars, natural disasters, and climate change in the rates of cholera

To learn more about cholera disease and the vaccine to prevent it, please visit https://bit.ly/vec-cholera.

Questions? Submit the VEC Vaccine Notes form, https://bit.ly/contact-vec-vaccine-notes.

For other vaccines, diseases or general questions about vaccines, check out https://vaccine.chop.edu.

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Charlotte Moser, Co-Director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, talks about dengue and the vaccines that protect against it. She explains why most people in the U.S. aren’t recommended to get the dengue vaccine, and why they can’t be vaccinated even if they are among those who could benefit from vaccination. She also addresses common questions and discusses the relative risks of dengue.

Watch the episode to find out:

• Why a dengue vaccine that was available in the U.S. is no longer
• Why people can get dengue up to four times throughout their life
• Why only female mosquitoes bite people
• What antibody-dependent enhancement or ADE is
• What three criteria people needed to meet in order to get vaccinated against dengue when the vaccine was available

To learn more about dengue disease and the vaccine to prevent it, please visit https://bit.ly/vec-dengue.

Questions? Submit the VEC Vaccine Notes form, https://bit.ly/contact-vec-vaccine-notes.

For other vaccines, diseases or general questions about vaccines, check out https://vaccine.chop.edu.

Subscribe to our Parents PACK newsletter, https://bit.ly/3KfLUoO.

Charlotte Moser, Co-Director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, talks about cytomegalovirus, or CMV, and where things stand with vaccine development. She also addresses common questions and discusses the risks of CMV.

Watch the episode to find out:

• Why pregnant healthcare workers in the 1980s couldn’t care for infants with CMV, but those today can (hint: It’s not because of a vaccine.)
• What family of viruses CMV is part of and why that is relevant when protecting against this infection
• About congenital CMV, the birth defects it can cause, and the numbers of infants affected each year
• How long young children can spread this virus after infection (hint: It’s measured in years.)
• Which current childhood vaccine has similar goals to those that would be expected from a CMV vaccine

To learn more about CMV disease and the vaccine to prevent it, please visit https://bit.ly/vec-cmv.

Questions? Submit the VEC Vaccine Notes form, https://bit.ly/contact-vec-vaccine-notes.

For other vaccines, diseases or general questions about vaccines, check out https://vaccine.chop.edu.

Subscribe to our Parents PACK newsletter, https://bit.ly/3KfLUoO.