Updates & Corrections for The Vaccine Book
- Separate Measles, Mumps, and Rubella Vaccines No Longer Available. What Can Parents Do? Click here to read the update.
- New HIB Vaccine Now Available to Ease the HIB Vaccine Shortage. Click here to read the update.
- Separate M - M - R vaccines no longer available. Click here to read Dr. Bob's updated recommendations.
- Two new combo vaccines Pentacel and Kinrix: Click here for more info.
- Second Rotavirus Vaccine Now Available and the Timing of the Doses has been Expanded. Click here to read the update.
- Pages 11, 41, 55, 154, 198 and 199 - The combo vaccine Pentacel only has 330 mcg of aluminum, instead of the 1500 mcg that was initially indicated on the first and second printings of the book.
- Page 54 and 55 - As of late in 2006, Engerix-B brand of Hep B vaccine no longer contains any traces of mercury.
- Page 208 - As of late in 2006, Engerix-B brand of Hep B vaccine no longer contains any traces of mercury.
- Page 248 - The Vaccines-At-A-Glance chart - The Pc vaccine is labeled as having NO aluminum. It actually DOES contain aluminum (as is correctly described in the Pc chapter). So that "N" should be a "Y".
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