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Immunization Healthcare Branch website moves to Health.mil | Health.mil

Immunization Healthcare Branch website moves to Health.mil | Health.mil

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Immunization Healthcare Branch website moves to Health.mil

The DHA Immunization Healthcare Branch website has moved from www.vaccines.mil to www.health.mil/vaccines, which contains a wealth of immunization resources and information that aims to assist in achieving excellence in immunization healthcare.

The DHA Immunization Healthcare Branch website has moved from www.vaccines.mil to www.health.mil/vaccines, which contains a wealth of immunization resources and information that aims to assist in achieving excellence in immunization healthcare.



THe Defense Health Agency Immunization Healthcare Branch (IHB) has a new home on the web as of this week.   
As part of a Military Health System (MHS) initiative, IHB has migrated its public-facing webpage to www.health.mil/vaccines. The site promotes excellence in immunization health care practice and keeps service members and beneficiaries aware of current immunization information and policy from the services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 
IHB’s new website has noticeable changes to its look and functionality, and offers wider access to vaccine publications, fact sheets, policies and educational materials. The IHB migration supports the MHS initiative to standardize the design of webpages and consolidate websites running on different networks.   
The former IHB webpage, www.vaccines.mil, will direct visitors to www.health.mil/vaccines and ask them to save the new site as a bookmark. The old site will remain functional during the transition period, but will be fully deactivated at a time to be determined.




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Article
8/11/2016
Army Pvt. Jonathan Bowen (left), health care specialist with the 1st Special Troops Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division Sustainment Brigade, provides an influenza vaccination to another Soldier.
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Article
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Army Col. Margaret Yacovone, Chief, Defense Health Agency-Immunization Healthcare Branch
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Publication
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Infographic
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Publication
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Video
7/22/2016
A human vaccine for the Zika virus may be coming soon
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Army researchers, Sanofi Pasteur to co-develop Zika virus vaccine

Article
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A digitally-colorized transmission electron micrograph of Zika virus, which is a member of the family Flaviviridae. Virus particles, here colored blue, are 40 nanometers in diameter with an outer envelope and an inner dense core.
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Article
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Infographic
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Infographic about the HPV vaccine
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Article
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Transmission electron micrograph of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease photo)
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Article
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Article
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Article
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administering a vaccine/shot
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Article
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Article
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