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Podcasts
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Podcasts
2008
High Risk Groups Should Prioritize to Immunize
This podcast provides an overview about flu vaccination for people who suffer from diabetes, asthma, heart disease, and other chronic conditions. (Created: 12/17/2008 by NCIRD, date released: 12/17/2008, running time: 2:10)
Safe and Healthy Travel to China
In this podcast, Dr. Phyllis Kozarsky, CDC Travel Medicine expert, discusses what travelers should do to ensure a safe and healthy trip to China. (Created: 10/9/2008 by NCPDCID, date released: 10/9/2008, running time: 9:01)
Immunizations Part II: Shingles Vaccine
This podcast discusses older adults and shingles, as well as the importance of getting the shingles vaccine. It is primarily targeted to public health and aging services professionals. (Created: 9/24/2008 by NCCDPHP and NCIRD, date released: 9/24/2008, running time: 7:05)
Dangerous Imports (Measles)
All cases of measles in the U.S. are linked to imported cases. Amy Parker discusses vaccination, the safest, most effective method to prevent measles. (Created: 5/9/2008 by MMWR, date released: 8/21/2008, running time: 3:43)
Pertussis or Whooping Cough Vaccine Recommendation for Adolescents This podcast provides information on pertussis and the Tdap vaccine recommendations for adolescents. (Created: 8/6/2008 by NCIRD, date released: 8/7/2008, running time: 4:22)
Meningitis Immunization for Adolescents
In this podcast, adolescent vaccine recommendations for meningococcal disease, also known as meningitis, are discussed. (Created: 8/6/2008 by NCIRD, date released: 8/7/2008, running time: 5:04)
Don't Leave the Hospital Without It (Hepatitis B)
Vaccinating newborns with the hepatitis B vaccine is important. In the United States, approximately ninety percent of hepatitis B infections can be prevented in newborns if the hepatitis B vaccine is administered shortly after birth. (Created: 8/1/2008 by MMWR)
date released: 7/31/2008, running time: 3:23)
Stopping the Silent Killer: Hepatitis B Among Asian Americans
This podcast discusses an underappreciated health threat to many Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States: chronic infection with the hepatitis B virus. Dr. John Ward, director of CDC's Division of Viral Hepatitis, and Dr. Sam So, founder of the Asian Liver Center at Stanford University, address the importance of testing, vaccination, and care to prevent serious health consequences from this "silent" disease. (Created: 4/18/2008 by NCHHSTP, date released: 5/1/2008, running time: 6:22)
Stop the Belly-Aching (Rotavirus)
Rotavirus, an illness characterized by diarrhea, vomiting, and dehydration, affects nearly every child aged less than five years. Ms. Haley Clayton discusses a vaccine that prevents rotavirus. (Created: 4/18/2008 by MMWR, date released: 4/24/2008, running time: 3:05)
2007
The ABCs of Hepatitis
National surveillance is conducted for acute hepatitis A, B, and C viruses. During 1995-2005, rates of all three types of acute viral hepatitis declined dramatically. These declines partially resulted from implementation of comprehensive prevention strategies for each disease, including the introduction of effective vaccines against hepatitis A and hepatitis B. (Created: 3/2/2007 by MMWR,
date released: 8/10/2007, running time: 9:34)
Nobody Wants Chicken Pox!
This report revises, updates, and replaces the 1996 and 1999 recommendation statements from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) for prevention of varicella. (Created: 6/22/2007 by MMWR, date released: 6/29/2007, running time: 8:58)
Brazilian Vaccinia Viruses and Their Origins (Smallpox)
Smallpox was eradicated more than 25 years ago, but live viruses used in vaccines may have survived to cause animal and human illness today. Dr. Inger Damon, Acting Branch Chief of the Poxvirus and Rabies Branch at CDC, discusses efforts to determine origins and spread of vaccinia viruses in Brazil. (Created: 7/30/2007 by Emerging Infectious Diseases, date released: 7/30/2007, running time: 4:19)
Note: More vaccine-realated podcasts can be found at CDC's main podcast page.
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Content last reviewed on April 9, 2009
Content Source: National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases