Advice from the Department of Health is for all pilgrims to obtain the quadrivalent meningococcal vaccine. |
Smear tests will still be used to test for abnormities after the HPV vaccine is introduced. |
As presently licensed, quadrivalent meningococcal polysaccharide vaccine is to be given by subcutaneous injection. |
In previous decades untold numbers of Jehovah's Witnesses loyally supported the bans on vaccines and organ transplants. |
After the effectiveness of the vaccines wears off, the risk of actual infection returns. |
Hexavalent vaccines such as diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis vaccine, hepatitis B virus vaccine, IPV, and Hib are being developed. |