Issue 131 -
Dec 22, 1999
- CDC publishes surveillance summary on
public health indicators affecting older adults
- CDC publishes report on use of neuraminidase
inhibitors for treatment of influenza A and B infections
- CDC publishes article about pyloric
stenosis in infants following pertussis prophylaxis with erythromycin
- CDC publishes report on global measles
control
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Issue 130 -
Dec 3, 1999
- CDC publishes article on measles elimination
efforts in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
- Looking for national immunization and
hepatitis B resources? IAC's website tells you how to find them
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Issue 129 -
Nov 29, 1999
- CDC publishes report on polio eradication
in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
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Issue 128 -
Nov 22, 1999
- CDC publishes update on current influenza
activity in the United States
- CDC calls for abstracts for the 34th
National Immunization Conference
- December 10th is the early registration
deadline for the Second National Conference on Immunization Coalitions
set for January
- December 1st is the early registration
deadline for the International Symposium on Viral Hepatitis and Liver
Disease in April
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Issue 127 -
Nov 16, 1999
- Story # 21: Chickenpox Claimed the Life
of My Son Christopher
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Issue 126 -
Nov 10, 1999
- New "Corrections Page" on the Immunization
Action Coalition's website alerts readers to incorrect information
in Coalition publications
- CORRECTION: "Ask the Experts," General
Vaccine Questions, fall/winter 1999-2000 issue of "NEEDLE TIPS"
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Issue 125 -
Nov 5, 1999
- CDC publishes article on the withdrawal
of rotavirus vaccine recommendation by ACIP
- CDC publishes article on recommendations
on the use of vaccines containing thimerosal as preservative
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Issue 124 -
Nov 1, 1999
- CDC publishes progress report on influenza
and pneumococcal vaccination rates among persons with diabetes mellitus
- CDC publishes report on public health
response to a potentially rabid bear cub
- CDC publishes article on polio eradication
efforts in Myanmar
- Discount starts today! Order the 6th
edition of the "Pink Book" at a reduced price until December 31,
1999
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Issue 123 -
Oct 29, 1999
- ACIP no longer recommends rotavirus vaccine
for U.S. infants
- ACIP modifies recommendation for meningococcal
vaccination
- Employment opportunity! The Immunization
Action Coalition is looking for a publication assistant
- Get it by fax! Request the 1999-2000
influenza VIS from CDC's "Fax on Demand" service
- CDC's National Immunization Program
website has a new look!
- Lyme disease Vaccine Information Statement
(VIS) now available on IAC's website
- Every Child By Two holds annual conference
in December
- Asian Pacific Islander hepatitis B posters
available
- Rabies conference scheduled for November
in San Diego
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Issue 122 -
Oct 22, 1999
- Participate in the "Healthy People 2000" satellite
meeting in December
- Ready to download! Serbo-Croatian VISs
now available on IAC's website
- CDC publishes article on progress toward
polio eradication in Nepal
- Year 2000 registry conference set for
March, 2000, in Rhode Island
- Register now! Tropical medicine conference
is coming in November
- Order your Dr. Seuss immunization posters
soon before they're all gone!"
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Issue 121 -
Oct 22, 1999
- Story # 20: Infant dies of congenital
rubella syndrome
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Issue 120 -
Oct 19, 1999
- Prepare your printer! The Immunization
Action Coalition's new and revised materials are ready to download!
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Issue 119 -
Oct 15, 1999
- ANNOUNCEMENT: Rotavirus vaccine is withdrawn
from the market
- New management position now available
at the Immunization Action Coalition
- Are you prepared for the next influenza
pandemic?
- CDC's "Immunization Update 1999" now
available on video with free CE credit
- "Communicating with Parents: Best Practices
in Childhood Immunization" teleconference is offered through October
28th
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Issue 118 -
Oct 11, 1999
- CDC publishes article about influenza
activity worldwide
- CDC publishes article on reasons Medicare
beneficiaries miss vaccinations
- FDA publishes information sheet on Influenza
Virus Vaccine on the Web
- Spanish language influenza education
materials available from NCAI
- CDC announces International Infection
Control Week, October 17-23, 1999
- Immunization Action Coalition's offer
of free adult immunization posters has ended
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Issue 117 -
Oct 5, 1999
- Vaccinate Adults! National Adult Immunization
Awareness Week is October 10-16, 1999
- Read all about it! Obtain a transcript
of the national press conference on adult immunization
- Free! Order adult immunization posters
from IAC
- Materials you can download and use to
promote adult immunization all year long
- Adult immunization booklets available
from CDC
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Issue 116 -
Oct 4, 1999
- CDC publishes updated ACIP statement
on hepatitis A
- CDC publishes article on polio in Iraq
- October is Child Health Month
- CDC reports on healthier mothers and
babies
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Issue 115 -
Sep 28, 1999
- International Symposium on Combination
Vaccines set for February 2000
- Conference on Vaccine Research to be
held April 30 - May 2, 2000
- Sign up early and save! International
Symposium on Viral Hepatitis and Liver Disease scheduled for April
2000
- Mark your calendar! Washington D.C.
is home to the 34th National Immunization Conference, July 5-8, 2000
- Every Child By Two publishes book on
immunization registries
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Issue 114 -
Sep 27, 1999
- CDC releases data on national vaccination
coverage levels among young children
- CDC publishes article on polio eradication
efforts in Afghanistan
- CDC publishes erratum on Lyme disease
vaccine recommendations
- CDC offers satellite broadcast course
on vaccine- preventable disease surveillance in December
- CDC and Emory University offer course
on epidemiology in November
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Issue 113 - Sep
22, 1999
- The fall/winter 1999-2000 issue of "VACCINATE
ADULTS!" is now available on the web and is in the mail
- What's in the latest issue of "VACCINATE
ADULTS!?"
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Issue 112 -
Sep 21, 1999
- CDC distributes "Dear Colleague" letter
on guidance for use of hepatitis B vaccine that does not contain
thimerosal as a preservative
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Issue 111 -
Sep 17, 1999
- CDC publishes report on vaccination campaign
for Kosovar Albanian refugee children
- Coming Soon! Teleconference on "Communicating
with Parents: Best Practices in Childhood Immunization" is offered
starting September 27, 1999
- Workshop on preteen vaccination set
for October 27, 1999 in Kansas City, MO
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Issue 110 -
Sep 10, 1999
- CDC provides notice of the availability
of hepatitis B vaccine which does not contain thimerosal as a preservative
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Issue 109- Sep
3, 1999
- CDC issues public health dispatch on
recent rabies exposures in Iowa
- CDC publishes report on epidemiology
of measles in the United States in 1998
- CDC releases public health dispatch on
polio in Afghanistan
- Hepatitis C is the focus of national
PSAs and pilot for CDC transit ad campaign
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Issue 108- Sep
2, 1999
- The fall/winter 1999-2000 issue of "NEEDLE
TIPS" is available on the web and will be mailed next week
- What's in the latest issue of "NEEDLE
TIPS?"
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Issue 107- Aug
30, 1999
- CDC publishes article about health intervention
for U.S.-bound Kosovar refugees
- CDC publishes update on global wild poliovirus
type 2 eradication
- Remember to register for CDC's satellite
broadcast, "Immunization Update," Sept. 16, 1999
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Issue 106- Aug
23, 1999
- Last week's offer of free copies of "Immunization
Plus" is over
- CDC releases public health dispatch on
potential hepatitis A exposure
- CDC publishes guidelines for the prevention
of opportunistic infections for persons with HIV
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Issue 105- Aug
20, 1999
- Special offer for school educators and
school nurses! IAC is giving away free copies of "Immunization
Plus," an immunization curriculum for the middle grades.
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Issue 104- Aug
18, 1999
- Now you can download 17 foreign language
Vaccine Information Statements (VISs) from IAC's website!
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Issue 103 Aug
2, 1999
- Congressional committee hearing on vaccine
safety and public health vaccine policy will be held Tuesday, August
3, 1999
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Issue 102 - Aug
2, 1999
- CDC publishes article on achievements
in public health: control of infectious diseases
- CDC publishes report on meningococcal
disease in New England
- CDC publishes report on polio eradication
during armed conflict
- Materials to teach health professionals
about vaccines and vaccine-preventable diseases are available
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Issue 101- July
27, 1999
- NVAC sponsors workshop on thimerosal
in vaccines
- CDC publishes report on secondary cases
of hepatitis A in Kansas
- Are your patients heading off to college?
Check out these resources on meningococcal vaccine for college students
- CDC offers slide series on "Hepatitis
A to E"
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Issue 100- July
23, 1999
- Important broadcast this afternoon! NPR
to air one-hour radio program on pediatric vaccines
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Issue 99- July
22, 1999
- FDA announces meeting on needle safety
- CDC publishes 1999-2000 edition of "The
Yellow Book"
- Mark your calendar for CDC's upcoming "Immunization
Update" satellite broadcast
- Conference on immunization coalition
building set for January 2000 in San Diego
- PKIDS starts toll-free number for parents
of children with infectious diseases
- Spanish language videos of Vaccine Information
Statements (VISs) now available
- Immunization registry software vendors
now listed on AKC's website
- AMDA develops information kit on immunization
in long-term care facilities
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Issue 98- July
20, 1999
- Urgent message! Some hospitals have changed
their newborn hepatitis B vaccination policies and are not following
new CDC guidelines
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Issue 97- July
16, 1999
- Do you know which newborns need to receive
hepatitis B vaccine in the hospital despite thimerosal content? Read
these new CDC guidelines!
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Issue 96- July
15, 1999
- CDC recommends postponing administration
of rotavirus vaccine
- MMWR publishes article on intussusception
among recipients of rotavirus vaccine
- OPV no longer recommended for routine
childhood immunization against polio beginning January 1, 2000
- CDC publishes report on progress toward
measles elimination in Southern Africa
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Issue 95- July
12, 1999
- CDC publishes report on rubella outbreak
in New York
- An update on hepatitis B vaccines and
thimerosal
- CDC's "Guidelines for Vaccinating
Pregnant Women" now available on IAC's website
- IAC makes it easy to visit state health
department websites!
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Issue 94- July
8, 1999
- CDC publishes "Thimerosal in Vaccines:
A Joint Statement of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Public
Health Service"
- U.S. Surgeon General issues statement
on vaccine safety
- CDC answers questions on thimerosal and
vaccines
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Issue 93- July
6, 1999
- Last week's offer of free copies of "NEEDLE
TIPS" is over!
- IAC is looking for an administrative
assistant
- CDC publishes article on influenza outbreak
among travelers in Alaska and Yukon Territory
- Pharmacists spearhead national campaign
to vaccinate the elderly
- Immunization education software for nurses
newly revised!
- CDC publishes article on measles control
in Southeast Asia
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Issue 92- July
1, 1999
- Free for the asking! Bulk copies of "NEEDLE
TIPS"
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Issue 91- June
29, 1999
- ACIP votes to change recommendation for
routine childhood polio vaccination to an all IPV schedule in January
2000
- MMWR publishes article about polio eradication
efforts in African region
- MMWR makes it easy to earn CME/CNE/CEU
credits online!
- Preliminary report on federal investments
in vaccine purchase and immunization services now available on the
Web
- International vaccine conference set
for September 6-9, 1999, in the United Kingdom
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Issue 90- June
18, 1999
- Immunization Action Coalition's offices
will be closed the week of June 21-25 for CDC's National Immunization
Conference
- CDC publishes report on improving vaccination
coverage in children, adolescents, and adults
- Available now! A low-cost campaign kit
to help you get adults in your community immunized
- Establishing a hepatitis B immunization
program in a juvenile correction facility? E-mail us and we'll send
you a free manual
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Issue 89 - June
8, 1999
- CDC releases ACIP statement on the use
of Lyme disease vaccine
- National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies
Coalition conference set for August 2-4, 1999
- APHA annual meeting set for November
7-11, 1999
- Tropical medicine conference set for
November 27-28, 1999
- Satellite broadcast on disease surveillance
set for December 2, 1999
- 1999 edition of Shoreland's "Travel
and Routine Immunizations" now available
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Issue 88 - June
4, 1999
- STORY # 19: How many varicella deaths
will it take?
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Issue 87 - June
2, 1999
- Where in the Worldwide Web can you find
out about the best immunization resources in the U.S.?
- IAC'S "Calendar of Events" is
waiting for your click!
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Issue 86 - June
1, 1999
- MMWR publishes updated recommendations
on prevention of varicella
- MMWR publishes article on progress toward
global poliomyelitis eradication, 1997-98
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Issue 85 - May
28, 1999
- June 1 is a VERY IMPORTANT DATE for VISs
(Vaccine Information Statements)!
- Download the new influenza VIS for 1999-2000
from IAC's website
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Issue 84 - May
27, 1999
- STORY #18: Lack of prenatal screening
for hepatitis B causes multiple tragedies for one family
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Issue 83- May
26, 1999
- STORY #17: Two deaths in a nursing home
ignite pneumococcal vaccine campaign
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Issue 82- May
25, 1999
- CDC and PAHO join forces to eradicate
measles
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Issue 81- May
24, 1999
- Prepare your printer! The Coalition's
new and revised publications are ready to download!
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Issue 80- May
21, 1999
- Great news! France officially supports
hepatitis B vaccine for children and teens!
- CDC's satellite broadcast "Vaccinating
Adults: The Technical Issues" set for June 3
- "Proven Methods for Raising Immunization
Rates" is the focus of CME teleconferences, May 24 - July 1
- HCFA announces June 10th satellite broadcast
on adult immunization
- Calendar of Events
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Issue 79 - May
20, 1999
- Send Congress your hepatitis B vaccine
testimony
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Issue 78- May
19, 1999
- CDC announces availability of funds for
applied research in immunization
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Issue 77- May
18, 1999
- MMWR publishes recommendations on combination
vaccines for childhood immunization
- MMWR publishes article about varicella-related
deaths in Florida in 1998
- MMWR publishes update on influenza activity,
1998-99 season
- How to get a free electronic subscription
to the MMWR
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Issue 76- May
14, 1999
- Urgent! We need your help.
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Issue 75 - May
13, 1999
- Fifth edition of "Epidemiology and
Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases" now available
- Download CDC's adolescent hepatitis B
slide series from the Internet
- Here's the simplest way to order immunization
resources from CDC!
- Translated VISs available on Minnesota
Department of Health website
- Calling out around the world! Do you
have great immunization resources to share?
- Make the operating room a safer place
for patients and providers
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Issue 74- May
5, 1999
- FDA approves first home test for hepatitis
C virus
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Issue 73 - May
4, 1999
- CDC releases annual ACIP statement, "Prevention
and Control of Influenza"
- CPT coding inadvertently causing serious
delays in tests that diagnose acute hepatitis
- MMWR publishes article on outbreak of
poliomyelitis in Angola
- MMWR publishes article on progress toward
poliomyelitis eradication in Nigeria
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Issue 72- May
3, 1999
- Story # 16: Tetanus is far more than
a "rusty nail" disease
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Issue 71- Apr
22, 1999
- FDA approves license for Nabi's hepatitis
B immune globulin
- Remember! All Kids Count Registry Conference
is next week April 27-30
- All Kids Count publishes e-mail newsletter
about immunization registries
- It pays to register now for CDC's National
Immunization Conference June 22-25
- National Adult Immunization Conference
is set for June 21-22
- May is National Hepatitis Awareness Month
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Issue 70- Apr
19, 1999
- Story #15: Mother's
death from hepatitis B moves daughter to action
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Issue 69- Apr
16, 1999
- Atencion! Ask your local television and
radio stations to air Spanish language PSAs!
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Issue 68- Apr
9, 1999
- Spring/summer issue of "VACCINATE
ADULTS!" is available on the web and is being mailed this week
- What's in the latest issue of "VACCINATE
ADULTS!?"
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Issue 67- Apr
5, 1999
- MMWR article extolls the achievements
of 20th century vaccines
- MMWR article says vaccination is one
of the 20th century's ten greatest public health achievements
- MMWR article reports on progress toward
poliomyelitis eradication in South East Asia region
- Update of "An Ounce of Prevention...What
Are the Returns?" is now available from CDC
- How to get a free electronic subscription
to the MMWR
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Issue 66- Mar
29, 1999
- Spring/summer issue of "NEEDLE TIPS" is
available on the web and will be mailed this week
- What's in the latest issue of "NEEDLE
TIPS?"
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Issue 65- Mar
24, 1999
- APIC's resource packet can help you plan
next fall's flu campaign
- Hib and pertussis teaching tools now
available from ATPM
- WHO publishes 1999 edition of "International
Travel And Health"
- Neonatal tetanus kills 400,000 newborns
worldwide every year
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Issue 64- Mar
19, 1999
- CDC releases ACIP recommendations on
rotavirus vaccine
- Reminder: CDC's "Epidemiology and
Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases" course starts March
25
- "Introduction to Public Health Surveillance" course
offered in June
- Learn and earn CME credit on the Internet
- Free for the asking! Bulk copies of "VACCINATE
ADULTS!"
- "Immunizations Across the Lifespan" conference
set for April 14
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Issue 63- Mar
4, 1999
- The Vaccine Initiative announces a free
electronic immunization news service
- Just published! The updated and expanded
edition of the reference book, "Vaccines"
- CDC releases instructions for use of
Vaccine Information Statements (VISs)
- Subscribe to ProMED-mail to learn about
emerging diseases around the world
- National tick-borne disease conference
set for March 7-9
- Don't forget the Vaccine Research Conference
on March 28-30
- Conference on needle-free injection technology
set for March 31-April 1
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Issue 62- Feb
23, 1999
- MMWR publishes announcement of change
in recommendation for meningococcal vaccine for travelers
- Influenza pandemic satellite broadcast
is this Thursday!
- National Infant Immunization Week kit
now available from CDC
- MMWR publishes article on progress toward
poliomyelitis eradication in Pakistan
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Issue 61 - Feb
22, 1999
- Very Important News! Right now you can
download five new VISs!
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Issue 60- Feb
15, 1999
- Story #14: Man without history of a bat
bite dies of rabies
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Issue 59- Feb
12, 1999
- "Roll Up BOTH Sleeves" and
immunize!
- "Pocket Guide to Vaccination and
Prophylaxis" is a great new resource
- "The Embassy Project" an immunization
chart in 25 languages
- Two travel medicine directories available
- Order Dr. Seuss posters from CDC
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Issue 58- Feb
11, 1999
- An e-mail from NVIC
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Issue 57- Feb
10, 1999
- Story #13: Hepatitis A: "Virus saps
grad in her peak weeks"
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Issue 56- Feb
8, 1999
- Federal announcement: Tripedia lot #0916490
is recalled
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Issue 55- Feb
5, 1999
- National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC)
ordered to cease sending misleading and deceptive solicitations.
Please see Issue #58 Feb
11, 1999.
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Issue 54- Feb
4, 1999
- A couple of clicks and you'll be prepared
for the influenza pandemic satellite broadcast
- CDC's four-part immunization satellite
broadcast begins March 25
- "Early Adolescents: How to Save
Their Lives" is topic of March 12 satellite broadcast
- Join the Second National Hepatitis Congress
and Walk on Washington
- March 15 is the "early bird" registration
deadline for CDC's 33rd National Immunization Conference
- All Kids Count Registry Conference set
for April 27-30, 1999
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Issue 53- Feb
1, 1999
- Do you have young patients with chronic
HBV? Clinical trials using oral medication are enrolling children
- PKIDS is a great organization for parents
of children with infectious diseases
- MMWR publishes article on the need for
increased varicella surveillance
- "Hepatitis Control Report" is
now available on the web
- A hepatitis B website from Singapore
is an excellent site to visit
- Two new hepatitis B items are available
on IAC's website
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Issue 52- Jan
29, 1999
- Story #12: Child dies of varicella encephalitis
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Issue 51- Jan
28, 1999
- CDC's updated Q and A on hepatitis B
answers vaccine safety questions raised by ABC's 20/20 broadcast
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Issue 50 - Jan
26, 1999
- Vaccine Initiative says National Vaccine
Information Center incorrectly portrayed risks of side effects associated
with hepatitis B vaccine
- Looking for the latest vaccine news and
links to vaccine organizations? Visit "The Vaccine Page"
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Issue 49 - Jan
22, 1999
- Here's the just-published ACIP recommendation
that describes who to vaccinate against hepatitis B
- MMWR publishes announcement of FDA approval
of vaccine for Lyme disease
- MMWR publishes announcement of FDA approval
of change in pediatric formulation for Recombivax HB
- MMWR publishes article on influenza activity
in the United States
- MMWR publishes article on the final stages
of poliomyelitis eradication -- Western Pacific Region
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Issue 48- Jan
21, 1999
- Epivir-HBV (lamivudine) is approved by
the FDA as oral treatment for chronic hepatitis B
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Issue 47- Jan
20, 1999
- 20/20 will air hepatitis B vaccine news
story on Friday
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Issue 46- Jan
15, 1999
- Download the just-published "1999
Childhood Immunization Schedule"
- MMWR publishes erratum on ACIP recommendations
on human rabies prevention
- Needle safety is topic of articles published
in the San Francisco Chronicle
- California mandates safer needle devices
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Issue 45- Jan
12, 1999
- Story #11: Measles outbreak associated
with an unvaccinated population
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Issue 44- Jan
11, 1999
- POSTPONED - CLICK ON "ISSUE 44" FOR
DETAILS.
News story on hepatitis B vaccine to air on 20/20 this Wednesday
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Issue 43- Jan
8, 1999
- CDC releases ACIP recommendations on
human rabies prevention
- MMWR publishes article on transmission
of measles among a highly vaccinated school population
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Issue 42 - Jan
7, 1999
- Story #10: Pertussis claims the lives
of two infants
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Issue 41- Jan
6, 1999
- Story #9: I was at no
risk for ever having hepatitis B!"
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