The Hep B vaccine, the first of many such vaccines that are routinely administered to US children, is injected into the newborn shortly after birth. It is given over three doses: the minimum recommended dosing intervals are 4 weeks between the 1st and 2nd and 8 weeks between the 2nd and...
Hepatitis A Vaccine and Travel If you’re going to a country where hepatitis A is common and you’ve never had the virus or the vaccine, start the vaccination process as soon as you can. It takes 2-4 weeks after the first dose for the vaccine to work, but even one shot a few days...
Program costs included vaccine, administration, vaccine-associated adverse events, and parent travel and time lost. All costs were inflated to year 2001 dollars, and all costs and benefits in the future were discounted at a 3% annual rate. Net present value and benef...