By two years of age, healthy infants in the United States can receive up to 20 vaccinations to protect against 11 diseases. Although most people know that vaccines effectively protect against serious infectious diseases, approximately one-quarter of parents in a recent survey believe that infants get more vaccines than are good for them, and that too many immunizations could overwhelm an infant's immune system. The Immunization Safety Review Committee reviewed the evidence regarding the hypothesis that multiple immunizations increase the risk for immune dysfunction. Specifically, the committee looked at evidence of potential biological mechanisms and at epidemiological evidence for or against causality related to risk for infections, the autoimmune disease type 1 diabetes, and allergic disorders.
National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Institute of Medicine, and Families Board on Children, Youth, Steve Olson
Institute of Medicine, Board on the Health of Select Populations, and Transgender Health Issues and Research Gaps and Opportunities Committee on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual
Institute of Medicine, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Division of International Health
Institute of Medicine, Committee to Develop Methods Useful to the Department of Veteran Affairs in Estimating Its Physician Requirements, Joseph Lipscomb
and Medicine National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Health and Medicine Division, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Committee on a National Strategy for the Elimination of Hepatitis B and C, Brian L. Strom, Gillian J. Buckley
Institute of Medicine, Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Committee to Study Priorities for Vaccine Development, Robert S. Lawrence, Jane S. Durch, Kathleen R. Stratton
Institute of Medicine, Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Committee on the Elimination of Tuberculosis in the United States, Lawrence Geiter
Institute of Medicine, Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Division of Health Care Services, Committee on Immunization Finance Policies and Practices
Institute of Medicine, Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Committee on the Review of the National Immunization Program's Research Procedures and Data Sharing Program
Institute of Medicine, Medical Follow-Up Agency, Committee on U.S. Military Malaria Vaccine Research: A Program Review, Myron M. Levine, Patricia M. Graves
Institute of Medicine, Committee to Review the Adverse Consequences of Pertussis and RubellaVaccines, Harvey V. Fineberg, Cynthia J. Howe, Christopher P. Howson
Institute of Medicine, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Committee on the Prevention and Control of Viral Hepatitis Infections, Abigail E. Mitchell, Heather M. Colvin
Institute of Medicine, Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Immunization Safety Review Committee, Marie C. McCormick, Alicia Gable, Kathleen Stratton
Institute of Medicine, Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Immunization Safety Review Committee, Marie C. McCormick, Theresa M. Wizemann, Donna A. Almario, Kathleen Stratton
Institute of Medicine, Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Immunization Safety Review Committee, Marie McCormick, Padma Shetty, Alicia Gable, Kathleen Stratton
Institute of Medicine, Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Immunization Safety Review Committee, Marie C. McCormick, Donna A. Almario, Kathleen Stratton
Institute of Medicine, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Committee on the Assessment of Studies of Health Outcomes Related to the Recommended Childhood Immunization Schedule
Institute of Medicine, Board on Global Health, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Phase II Committee on Identifying and Prioritizing New Preventive Vaccines for Development, Lonnie King, Rose Marie Martinez, Rino Rappuoli, Dennis Fryback, Charles Phelps, Kinpritma Sangha, Guruprasad Madhavan
National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, Board on Global Health, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Phase III Committee on Identifying and Prioritizing New Preventive Vaccines for Development, Lonnie King, Rose Marie Martinez, Rino Rappuoli, Charles Phelps, Guruprasad Madhavan
Institute of Medicine, Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Division of Health Care Services, Committee on Immunization Finance Policies and Practices