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Listen to “VEC Vaccine Notes,” a video and podcast series presented by the Vaccine Education Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Each episode offers vaccine information in a convenient format, so families have the answers they need to make informed decisions, including details and context that addresses what they may have heard in the news or in conversation with others.
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Wednesday Oct 29, 2025
Wednesday Oct 29, 2025
Charlotte Moser, Co-Director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, talks about tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) and the vaccine that protects against it. She addresses common questions and discusses the relative risks and benefits of the disease and vaccine.
Find out:
- What family of viruses TBE belongs to
- The number of cases in the U.S. over two decades
- What a “dead-end” host is
- How TBE infections of large mammals can cause issues for people
- About the two phases of symptoms that people can experience
- Where people who need the TBE vaccine may be able to get it
- How to protect babies too young to get the vaccine
To learn more about TBE and the tools to prevent it, please visit https://bit.ly/vec-tbe.
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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