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Varicella Vaccination Information for Healthcare Professionals

One of the Recommended Vaccines by Disease


CDC recommends two doses of chickenpox vaccine for children, adolescents, and adults to protect against chickenpox. Children should receive two doses of the vaccine—the first dose at 12 through 15 months old and a second dose at 4 through 6 years old.

You Call the Shots

You Call The Shots

You Call the Shots is an interactive, training course. It consists of a series of modules that discuss vaccine-preventable diseases and explain the latest recommendations for vaccine use. Each module provides learning opportunities, self-test practice questions, reference and resource materials, and an extensive glossary.

Pink Book

Pink Book.

The "Pink Book" contains the most comprehensive information on routinely used vaccines and the diseases they prevent.

Six reference appendices include: vaccine minimum ages and intervals, current and discontinued vaccines, vaccine contents, foreign vaccine terms, and more.

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