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[[File:A_doctor_vaccinating_a_small_girl%2C_other_girls_with_loosened_Wellcome_V0016682.jpg|thumb|Vaccinations are a [[w:Cornerstone|cornerstone]] of [[w:Pediatric care|pediatric care]]. [[Traveling]] [[children]] need special [[attention]] to their vaccine status. Updating all routine vaccinations and accelerating those in the primary series should be done if possible. ~ ''Travel Medicine'']]

[[File:Viral myocarditis (1).JPG|thumb|Dr. Tom Shimabukuro said there is an increased risk of myocarditis and pericarditis with either the Moderna or Pfizer vaccine, in particular after the second dose of the vaccines. ~ Jack Davis]]

'''[[w:Vaccine|Vaccines]]''' are [[biological]] preparations that provides active acquired [[w:Immunity|immunity]] to a particular [[w:Disease|disease]]. A vaccine typically contains an agent that resembles a disease-causing [[w:Microorganism|microorganism]] and is often made from [[weakened]] or [[killed]] forms of the [[w:Microbe|microbe]], its [[w:Toxin|toxins]], or one of its [[w:Surface protein|surface proteins]]. The agent stimulates the [[body]]'s [[immune system]] to recognize the agent as a [[threat]], [[w:Destroy|destroy]] it, and to further [[recognize]] and [[destroy]] any of the [[w:Microorganism|microorganisms]] associated with that agent that it may encounter in the [[future]]. In the 2000s, [[vaccine misinformation]] developed, with opponents of vaccination spreading false claims through various media.

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