VEC Vaccine Notes

By Vaccine Education Center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Listen to “VEC Vaccine Notes,” a video and podcast series presented by the Vaccine Education Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Each episode offers vaccine information in a convenient f

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How many episodes does VEC Vaccine Notes have?

The podcast currently has 37 episodes available.

VEC Vaccine Notes episodes:

October 15, 2025Hepatitis B - VEC Vaccine Notes | Vaccine Education Center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Charlotte Moser, Co-Director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, talks about hepatitis B and the vaccines that protect against it. She addresses common questions and discusses the relative risks and benefits of the disease and vaccines.
Find out:
Why hepatitis B is called the “silent epidemic”
How many people die annually from hepatitis B
Two factors at the heart of spread of this virus
Ways people have been exposed to hepatitis B that are not commonly considered
Why targeting high-risk groups didn’t work to stop this virus
What makes hepatitis B more infectious than HIV
What percent of people don’t know they have a chronic hepatitis B infection
The history of the two vaccine platforms used to make hepatitis B vaccine
Whether an extra dose of hepatitis B vaccine is harmful
What is recommended when people do not respond to the vaccine
Why current antiviral medications are only so effective against this infection
To learn more about hepatitis B and the vaccines that prevent these infections, please visit https://bit.ly/vec-hepb.
Questions? Submit the VEC Vaccine Notes form, https://bit.ly/contact-vec-vaccine-notes.
For other vaccines, diseases or general questions about vaccines, check out https://vaccine.chop.edu.
Subscribe to our Parents PACK newsletter, https://bit.ly/3KfLUoO.
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27min
October 08, 2025COVID-19 | Vaccine Education Center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Charlotte Moser, Co-Director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, talks about COVID-19 and the vaccines that protect against it. She addresses common questions and discusses the relative risks and benefits of the disease and vaccines.
Find out:
Why we still need to talk about COVID-19
How COVID-19 vaccines were made so quickly
Why getting to the bottom of the origins of the virus is important
About three complications of COVID-19
Why it’s still fair to say COVID-19 vaccines work even though we can be reinfected
What’s happened to rates of myocarditis from the vaccine in the last three years
The different considerations for vaccinated and unvaccinated people wondering whether they should get the vaccine
Considerations related to COVID-19 vaccines for Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
To learn more about COVID-19 and the vaccines to prevent it, please visit https://bit.ly/vec-covid19.
Questions? Submit the VEC Vaccine Notes form, https://bit.ly/contact-vec-vaccine-notes.
For other vaccines, diseases or general questions about vaccines, check out https://vaccine.chop.edu.
Subscribe to our Parents PACK newsletter, https://bit.ly/3KfLUoO.
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35min
October 01, 2025Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) | Vaccine Education Center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Charlotte Moser, Co-Director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, talks about respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and the tools available to protect against it. She addresses common questions and discusses the relative risks and benefits of this disease and the interventions available.
Find out:
How many people, including young children, die from RSV each year
What other vaccine-preventable viruses are in the same family as RSV
Why symptoms can vary among different people
How babies and elderly adults are protected differently against RSV and the tools available to protect them
Two different options for protecting babies and considerations related to each
About two different safety concerns during clinical trials and which one was found to be a true association with vaccination
If a monoclonal antibody is a vaccine
To learn more about RSV and the tools to prevent it, please visit https://bit.ly/vec-rsv.
Questions? Submit the VEC Vaccine Notes form, https://bit.ly/contact-vec-vaccine-notes.
For other vaccines, diseases or general questions about vaccines, check out https://vaccine.chop.edu.
Subscribe to our Parents PACK newsletter, https://bit.ly/3KfLUoO.
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24min
September 24, 2025Measles, Mumps & Rubella | Vaccine Education Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Charlotte Moser, Co-Director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, talks about measles, mumps and rubella and the vaccine that protects against them, known as MMR. She addresses common questions and discusses the relative risks and benefits of these diseases and the vaccine.
Find out:
What makes measles the most contagious disease we know
What to do if you think your child has measles
Two little-known effects measles has on a person’s immune system
Why the mumps vaccine virus is called the Jeryl Lynn strain
How scientists can use cells isolated in the 1960s to make vaccine today
Whether the rash that some people get from the vaccine is contagious
What to consider when deciding about early measles vaccination for infants
How the patterns of MMR vaccination and rates of autism provide evidence that autism is not caused by MMR vaccine
To learn more about these diseases and the MMR vaccine, please visit https://bit.ly/mmr-vax.
Questions? Submit the VEC Vaccine Notes form, https://bit.ly/contact-vec-vaccine-notes.
For other vaccines, diseases or general questions about vaccines, check out https://vaccine.chop.edu.
Subscribe to our Parents PACK newsletter, https://bit.ly/3KfLUoO.
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28min
September 17, 2025Influenza (Flu) | Vaccine Education Center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Updated: Sept. 15, 2026
An update has been added to the end of this episode to discuss a new type of influenza vaccine available during the 2026-2027 influenza season. The mRNA-based version is available for people 50 years of age and older.
Original episode information (published Sept. 17, 2025)
Charlotte Moser, Co-Director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, talks about influenza (flu), and the vaccines that protect against it. She addresses common questions and discusses the relative risks and benefits of this disease and the vaccines.
Find out:
Why the nickname “flu” can cause confusion
How other pathogens take advantage of a person with influenza
The role of other animals in causing influenza pandemics
When people should get the flu vaccine What people with egg-allergies should know about getting the flu vaccine
What people with a history of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) should know about getting the flu vaccine
About the four different types of influenza vaccines, plus a new at-home option
Why someone’s “flu” isn’t always caused by influenza with a dive into the many other viruses that cause similar symptoms
Why people who got the vaccine may still have “the flu”
About emergency symptoms to watch for in infants, children and adults
What might happen when people seek healthcare for influenza and what treatments are available
About the discussions around mercury in influenza vaccines
Additional information and resources:
Watch the video version on YouTube, https://bit.ly/vec-vax-notes-flu.
To learn more about influenza and the vaccines, please visit http://bit.ly/vec-flu-vax.
Questions? Submit the VEC Vaccine Notes form.
For other vaccines, diseases or general questions about vaccines, check out https://vaccine.chop.edu.
Subscribe to our Parents PACK newsletter.
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34min
September 10, 2025Varicella (Chickenpox) | Vaccine Education Center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Charlotte Moser, Co-Director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, talks about varicella, also known as chickenpox, and the vaccine that protects against it. She addresses common questions and discusses the relative risks and benefits of the disease and vaccine.
Find out:
How many children died from chickenpox every week before the vaccine became available
Three ways the virus can spread
What chickenpox “crops” are and how they affect the look of the rash
Why so-called “flesh-eating” bacteria can be a problem when people have chickenpox
Two lesser-known complications that can occur weeks or months after recovery
Why the vaccine strain is called the Oka strain
Who shouldn’t get the chickenpox vaccine
Whether the chickenpox vaccine can cause shingles later in life
Whether the vaccine delays disease until adulthood when people are more susceptible to severe disease
Some theories about why we call it “chickenpox”
To learn more about chickenpox and the vaccine, please visit https://bit.ly/chickenpox-vaccine.
Questions? Submit the VEC Vaccine Notes form.
For other vaccines, diseases or general questions about vaccines, check out https://vaccine.chop.edu.
Subscribe to our Parents PACK newsletter.
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18min
August 25, 2025 VEC Vaccine Notes – Introduction | Vaccine Education Center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Charlotte Moser, Co-Director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, introduces our new video and podcast series, called “VEC Vaccine Notes.” Charlotte discusses why we felt the time was right for this series, what information will be covered, and when new episodes will drop.
Check out the video version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RkaXzZydvw.
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FAQs about VEC Vaccine Notes:

How many episodes does VEC Vaccine Notes have?

The podcast currently has 37 episodes available.