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A MEDWATCH CONTINUING EDUCATION ARTICLE
BENEFITS AND RISKS OFIMMUNIZATIONOver ten million childhood vaccina-tions are given to children (birth through 5ye a rs) annu a l ly, and many million ofdoses are given to adults. All medicinalproducts,including vaccines,have risksand benefits. Vaccines protect many peo-ple from dangerous illnesses,but,likedrugs,can cause side effects,a small per-centage of which may be serious. Thebenefit of vaccines is measured as pre-vented disease,and the risk of vaccinationis measured as potential side effects; bothare monitored as part of the US publichealth EVALUATIONOF VACCINESL icensure requires extensive clinicaleva l u ation of the va c c i n e s s a fety andeffectiveness which is completed in stagesover several years. First,laboratory andanimal studies are performed. Then can-didate vaccines are tested in small groupsof adult volunteers to establish first thesafety,and then,the efficacy of the vac-cine.
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