Friday, October 23, 2009

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Citation added: Paul A. Offit, MD. "Vaccine Education Center." Vaccine Education Center. Mar. 2008. The Children's Hospital Of Philadelphia. 23 Oct. 2009 <http://www.chop.edu/service/vaccine-education-center/home.html>.
This article is a secondary source, it was written by Paul A. Offit, MD. By reading this website article, I learned that the vaccine education center sponsored from C.H.O.P. This special center impacted society in a major way because it gives parents information about vaccines they should look into for their children. It explains that an a adult or parent can walk in and get assistance to what vaccines are necessary, how they work, and are they safe. The Children's Hospital Of Philadelphia specifically targets the Children around the world and so does the Vaccine Education Center. This article was targeted for Parents who have young children and kids under the age of 18. I have also learned that The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, the nation's first children's hospital, has been a center of vaccine research and education for more than 125 years. For example, the rota virus vaccine, a vaccine that prevents the most common cause of vomiting and diarrhea in children, was developed at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology.Vaccines have reduced and, in some cases, eliminated many diseases that killed or severely disabled people just a few generations before. For most Americans today, vaccines are a routine part of health care.

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