Issue
571 - Dec. 19, 2005
- All of us at IAC wish you a wonderful
holiday season
- AAP releases policy statement on use
of Tdap vaccine in adolescents
- CDC issues an update of U.S. influenza
activity from October 2 to December 3
- NEJM: Influenza-associated deaths among
persons younger than 18 years were "substantial" during
2003-04 influenza season
- NIP website posts provisional ACIP
recommendations for use of Tdap, hepatitis A, and hepatitis B vaccines
- Updated: IAC revises its parent-education
piece "What if you don't vaccinate your child?"
- Deadline for abstracts for the National
Conference on Immunization Coalitions is January 27, 2006
- Deadline for abstracts for the Conference
on Vaccine Research is February 3, 2006
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Issue
570 - Dec. 15, 2005
- Looking for serious savings?
Order Adult Immunization Record cards by the case
- Need to spend year-end dollars?
Stock up now on essential immunization resources for 2006
- Want to support a worthy cause?
IAC could really use your tax-deductible year-end contribution!
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Issue
569 - Dec. 12, 2005
- CDC publishes guidelines on antimicrobials
recommended for treatment and postexposure prophylaxis of pertussis
- NIP issues updated version of the provisional
recommendation for vaccinating adolescents with Tdap vaccine
- December Immunization Works newsletter
focuses on the billions routine childhood immunization saves each
year
- HHS starts a process to integrate pandemic
influenza planning at federal, state, and local levels
- CDC report on epidemiology of measles
in U.S. in 2004 indicates only 37 reported cases, a new one-year
low
- New: Current Issues in Immunization
Net Conference to focus on new hepatitis A vaccine recommendations
- MMWR notifies readers that FDA approved
lowering the age limit for Havrix hepatitis A vaccine to 12 months
- Errata: MMWR corrects errors in its
December 2 article on licensure of measles-mumps-rubella-varicella
vaccine
- New: Current VISs for injectable and
nasal-spray influenza vaccines now available in Russian and Somali
- New: Interim VIS for meningococcal
vaccine now available in Russian and Somali
- Before the holiday rush, take time
to register for CDC's 2006 National Immunization Conference
- Johns Hopkins/UNICEF report makes the
case for investing in immunization communication
- CDC updates its Influenza web section
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Issue
568 - Dec. 5, 2005
- CDC issues press release about the
appointment of three new center directors
- Important: Deadline for nominations
to ACIP is December 19; ACIP's provisional recommendations are
now online
- Heads up: One-word error now corrected
on Spanish-language VISs for injectable and nasal-spray influenza
vaccines
- New: Interim VIS for Tdap vaccine now
available in Spanish
- CDC provides information about newly
licensed measles-mumps-rubella-varicella vaccine
- CDC updates its Influenza web section
with English- and Spanish-language materials
- New: December 2 issue of Hep Express
now available online
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Issue
567 - Nov. 28, 2005
- CDC proposes updating communicable
disease regulations, including those for pandemic influenza and
diphtheria
- New: IAC website presents standing
orders protocols in a single table for easy reference
- New: IAC website consolidates answers
to FAQs onto one web section
- NIP collects several adult immunization
resources on one web page
- New: CDC announces addition of polio
module to its "You Call the Shots" training course
- CDC reports on the October 2005 meeting
of the Advisory Committee on Poliomyelitis Eradication
- Teleconference about immunizing migrant
workers scheduled for December 13
- Turkish translations for three educational
materials now available on IAC's website
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Issue
566 - Nov. 22, 2005
- Unprotected People #81: Imported case
of congenital rubella syndrome diagnosed in New Hampshire
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Issue
565 - Nov. 21, 2005
- Note: Watch tomorrow's IAC Express
for an Unprotected People Report on a case of imported congenital
rubella syndrome
- CDC updates its Influenza web section
with information on avian influenza
- Use IAC's Adult Immunization Record
Card to educate adult patients about their lifelong need for vaccination
- Updated: IAC revises several of its
print materials for health professionals
- CDC reports that 48 percent of children
under age six participated in immunization information systems
in 2004
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Issue
564 - Nov. 14, 2005
- ACIP votes to recommend adult vaccination
with tetanus-diphtheria-pertussis vaccine (Tdap)
- New: CDC issues final VISs for injectable
and nasal-spray influenza vaccines and updates VIS instructions
- Update: CDC adds new fact sheet to
its web section on Guillain-Barre Syndrome and Menactra meningococcal
vaccine
- New: Prepublication copies of the ninth
edition of the Pink Book now available for order
- CDC's satellite broadcast/webcast on
Surveillance of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases is set for December
8
- CDC updates its Influenza web section
- Multiple copies of the CD-ROM of NIP's
Vaccine Storage & Handling Toolkit now available through IAC
- New: GAO releases its report on the
influenza vaccine shortage of 2004-05
- New: November issue of CDC's Immunization
Works electronic newsletter now available on the NIP website
- Updated: IAC revises two of its professional-education
pieces
- Correction: Copyright information about
ACOG's guidelines on immunization during pregnancy
- International Conference on Emerging
Infectious Diseases planned for Atlanta on March 19-22, 2006
- Two new resources on global immunization
now available
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Issue
563 - Nov. 7, 2005
- New: DHHS releases pandemic influenza
plan for nation; federal government launches a pandemic influenza
website
- CDC updates its Influenza web section
- Spanish-language version of the interim
VIS for meningococcal disease available on IAC's website
- Updated: IAC revises two professional-education
pieces related to viral hepatitis
- New: November 4 issue of Hep Express
now available on IAC's website
- CDC publishes a correction to the current
adult immunization schedule
- CDC reports on the global Measles and
Rubella Laboratory Network during January 2004-June 2005
- November 11 is the early-bird registration
date for the Phacilitate North American Vaccine Forum
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Issue
562 - Oct. 31, 2005
- ACIP recommends hepatitis A vaccine
for all children
- CDC announces that nation's influenza
vaccine supply continues to increase, encourages broader use of
vaccine
- DHHS awards a $62.5-million contract
to Chiron to manufacture avian influenza vaccine
- CDC adds lots of new and updated material
to its Influenza web section
- Vaccine Education Center website posts
useful article for parents on vaccine myths and vaccine safety
- NIAID press release reports on a study
showing acellular pertussis vaccine is effective in adults and
adolescents
- PKIDS surveys parents and teens about
adolescent immunization and posts results on its website
- Immunization coalition teleconference
to focus on using an advisory committee to contribute to a pandemic
influenza plan
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Issue
561 - Oct. 28, 2005
- Unprotected People #80: Preventable
measles outbreak in Indiana results in 34 cases and three hospitalizations
in summer 2005
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Issue
560 - Oct. 24, 2005
- Read immediately: CDC issues guidance
about vaccine storage during power outages
- FDA approves Havrix hepatitis A vaccine
for use in children as young as age 12 months
- New: LTC facilities funded by Medicare
or Medicaid now must offer residents influenza and pneumococcal
vaccination
- New: Here are three excellent influenza
resources you should know about
- New: CDC's Influenza web section posts
comprehensive information about avian influenza
- CDC declares 1918 pandemic influenza
virus a select agent
- 2003 influenza vaccination rates for
elderly and high-risk persons fell short of national objectives
- Survey indicates only 13 percent of
pregnant women received influenza vaccination during the 2003-04
influenza season
- October issue of CDC's Immunization
Works electronic newsletter now available on the NIP website
- Interim VIS for injectable influenza
vaccine now in Vietnamese and Armenian; audio and video VISs available
- MMWR includes CDC's report on recent
polio infections among four Minnesota children
- New: APHA annual meeting moved from
New Orleans to Philadelphia; date changed to December 10-14
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Issue
559 - Oct. 18, 2005
- Official CDC Health Advisory confirms
a human rabies death in Mississippi
- CDC releases report on recent poliovirus
infections among four unvaccinated children in Minnesota
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Issue
558 - Oct. 17, 2005
- FDA releases three lots of Chiron's
Fluvirin vaccine for use during 2005-06 influenza season
- NEW: CDC issues Adult Immunization
Schedule for October 2005-September 2006
- MMWR includes CDC's report on Guillain-Barre
Syndrome among recent recipients of Menactra vaccine
- MMWR notifies readers about FDA's approval
of VAQTA hepatitis A vaccine for children age 1 year and older
- New: The October 2005 issue of Vaccinate
Adults is in the mail and on the Web
- Typo trouble: NIP corrects a typo on
the interim VIS for Tdap vaccine
- Erratum: IAC Express corrects its October
10 article on Alaska's meningococcal mandate
- Update: IAC makes minor changes to
four of its vaccine administration pieces
- Rate of pertussis hospitalizations
for infants younger than 6 months increased by 20% from 1994-1998
to 1999-2003
- New: November 4 is the deadline for
abstracts for the 2006 National Immunization Conference
- CDC's Influenza web section begins
posting the "Weekly Report: Influenza Summary Update" for
the 2005-06 season
- CDC's Influenza web section posts information
on laboratory diagnosis of respiratory illness
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Issue
557 - Oct. 10, 2005
- Updated interim VIS for meningococcal
vaccine has information about possible association between Menactra
and Guillain-Barre syndrome
- New: NIP website posts the latest information
about VISs currently under development
- New: Minnesota infant contracts vaccine-derived
polio virus; NIP website posts page of FAQs about polio
- Researchers reconstruct the 1918 pandemic
influenza virus with hope of learning how to avert future pandemics
- Updated: Five IAC pieces related to
viral hepatitis have been revised
- New: Alaska mandates education about
meningococcal disease and vaccine for college students; three more
states let pharmacists vaccinate.
- New: October 5 issue of Hep Express
electronic newsletter now available online
- New: UNICEF issues Progress for Children,
a report card on worldwide childhood immunization
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Issue
556 - Oct. 10, 2005
- CDC reports on five cases of Guillain-Barre
Syndrome among recent recipients of Menactra meningococcal conjugate
vaccine
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Issue
555 - Oct. 3, 2005
- CDC issues official Health Advisory
about Menactra meningococcal vaccine and Guillain Barre Syndrome
- New: October 2005 issue of Needle Tips
offers many resources for childhood, adolescent, and adult immunization
- New: Influenza Vaccine Bulletin #3
available for the 2005-06 influenza season
- New: NIP makes its Vaccine Storage
and Handling Toolkit available in web-based and CD-ROM formats
- Locate influenza clinics with ALA's
online Flu Clinic Locator or your 2-1-1 information-and-referral
call center
- NIAID and MedImmune to collaborate
in developing vaccines against potential pandemic influenza viruses
- New: ECBT launches a vaccine safety
web section
- VIS translations: Interim influenza
vaccine VISs now available in Haitian Creole, Portuguese, and Turkish
- Reminder: Two-day course "Epidemiology & Prevention
of VPDs" to be held at two California sites in November
- CDC reports on WHO's laboratory surveillance
for wild and vaccine-derived polioviruses during 2004-05
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Issue
554 - Sept. 30, 2005
- The Cutter Incident, by Paul A. Offit,
MD, traces the enduring effects of a 1955 vaccine manufacturing
accident
- Editorial urges media, scientific community,
and parents to strongly counter the myth that thimerosal causes
autism
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Issue
553 - Sept. 26, 2005
- New: CDC issues interim VIS for Tdap
(tetanus-diphtheria-pertussis) vaccine for adolescents and adults
- MMWR issues correction to the influenza
vaccination recommendations it published September 16
- News alert: On September 28 Dear Abby
will publish a letter urging early influenza vaccination for high-risk
persons
- New: Screening questionnaire identifies
which patients are eligible to receive influenza vaccine before
October 24
- New: CDC responds to Lancet article
questioning the efficacy and effectiveness of influenza vaccines
for older people
- Federal and military employees: Help
IAC by using agency code 0233 when you contribute to the Combined
Federal Campaign
- "Vote and Vax" booklet tells
how to set up an influenza shot clinic in your community on Election
Day
- Teleconference on adolescent immunization
is scheduled for October 11
- Report compares influenza vaccination
in managed healthcare plans during the 2003-04 and 2004-05 influenza
seasons
- VIS translation: Thai-language VIS
now available for hepatitis A vaccine
- Annual SIGN Alliance meeting to be
held November 14-16 in Hanoi; October 1 is deadline for hotel reservations
- MMWR corrects data on 2003 influenza
and pneumococcal coverage among persons age 65 years and older
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Issue
552 - Sept. 19, 2005
- DHHS announces children 18 years and
younger displaced by Hurricane Katrina can receive free vaccinations
- Health experts urge vaccination for
those at risk of complications of influenza or pneumococcal disease
- New: Spanish-language VISs for injectable
and intranasal influenza vaccines available on IAC's website
- CDC report assesses the impact routine
PCV7 vaccination had on invasive pneumococcal disease from 1998-2003
- CDC reports on recent U.S. and worldwide
influenza activity and on vaccination recommendations for the 2005-06
season
- New: IAC's "2005-06 Influenza
Vaccination Pocket Information Guide" is a useful resource
for health professionals
- September issue of CDC's Immunization
Works electronic newsletter now available on the NIP website
- CDC presents stats on nursing home
residents age 65 and older who received pneumococcal vaccinations
in the late 1990s
- DHHS prepares for possible influenza
pandemic by buying vaccine and antiviral medications
- Arizona Immunization Conference scheduled
for November 17-18 in Mesa
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Issue
551 - Sept. 12, 2005
- All of us at IAC extend our condolences
to those affected by Hurricane Katrina
- CDC's Hurricane Katrina Health & Safety
web page offers continually updated immunization information
- CDC has information on Hurricane Katrina
for health professionals, relief workers, and shelter operators
- DHHS sets up a toll-free crisis hotline
for persons emotionally distressed by Hurricane Katrina
- Influenza Vaccine Bulletin #2 available
for the 2005-06 influenza season
- Mark your calendar: The next Current
Issues in Immunization netconference is scheduled for October 13
- New: CDC's Flu Gallery offers professional-
and patient-education materials for the 2005-06 influenza season
- Coming up: National Adult Immunization
Awareness Week is scheduled for September 25-October 1
- Free: Bulk copies of the May 2005 issue
of Vaccinate Adults are available for the asking
- Updated: IAC's Summary of Recommendations
for Childhood and Adolescent Immunization has been substantially
revised
- New: Professional-education piece on
Healthcare Worker Vaccination Recommendations available on IAC's
website
- September 9 issue of IAC's HEP Express
electronic newsletter now available online
- Help out: NIP continues to need volunteers
to pilot test its immunization training courses
- Polio update: Immunization campaigns
reduce polio incidence in Nigeria; WHO reports two new cases in
Ethiopia
- Corrections: CDC revises pneumonia
and influenza mortality stats reported in MMWR on August 19 and
August 26
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Issue
550 - Sept. 6, 2005
- CDC website posts interim immunization
recommendations for persons displaced by Hurricane Katrina
- CDC website posts interim immunization
recommendations for emergency responders assisting with Hurricane
Katrina
- DHHS establishes web page and toll-free
number to identify health professionals to assist in Hurricane
Katrina relief
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Issue
549 - Sept. 6, 2005
- Note: Watch for an Extra Edition of
IAC Express related to Hurricane Katrina
- FDA approves combination measles, mumps,
rubella, and varicella vaccine
- FDA approves new influenza vaccine
for upcoming season
- CDC publishes updated information on
influenza vaccine supply and recommendations for prioritization
- CDC updates its website with Q&As
about influenza vaccine supply and prioritization
- FDA releases statement on Chiron Corporation
inspection
- Heads up: November 4 is deadline for
abstracts for the 2006 National Immunization Conference
- Updated: IAC substantially revises
its professional-education piece "Summary of Recommendations
for Adult Immunization"
- New: CDC announces addition of a diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis
module to its "You Call the Shots" training course
- Influenza vaccination standing orders
for children and adolescents is new, standing orders for adults
is updated
- Updated: Revised "Administering
Vaccines to Adults: Dose, Route, Site, Needle Size, and Preparation" now
online
- Injectable typhoid vaccine currently
unavailable
- New: Draft agenda for the National
Viral Hepatitis Prevention Conference now available
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Issue
548 - August 29, 2005
- New: CDC's influenza web section adds
materials for the 2005-06 season
- New: VIS for MMR vaccine now available
in Vietnamese
- Updated: IAC revises its patient questionnaire "Do
I Need Any Vaccinations Today?"
- Updated: Two revised hepatitis educational
pieces available on the IAC website
- Upcoming event: Rosalynn Carter and
Betty Bumpers to speak at the Sierra Nevada Immunization Conference
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Issue
547 - August 26, 2005
- Unprotected People #79: CDC reports
on preventable measles among
- U.S. residents, 2001-2004
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Issue
546 - August 22, 2005
- Comments on proposed CMS nursing home
immunization requirement must be submitted by August 30
- FDA approves VAQTA hepatitis A vaccine
for use in children ages 12 months and older
- New: August 2005 issue of Vaccinate
Women is on the IAC website
- Important: September 15 is the deadline
for submitting comments on proposed revisions to Healthy People
2010
- Teleconference on working with physicians
to improve adult vaccination rates is scheduled for September 13
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Issue
545 - August 15, 2005
- New: CDC issues comprehensive interim
guideline for planning for an influenza vaccine shortage during
the 2005-06 season
- Looking for sources of presentation
material? Online PowerPoint slides put valuable information at
your fingertips
- August issue of CDC's Immunization
Works electronic newsletter now available on the NIP website
- August 12 issue of IAC's Hep Express
electronic newsletter now available online
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Issue
544 - August 12, 2005
- Unprotected People #78: Florida man
dies from rabies eight months after receiving dog bite in Haiti
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Issue
543 - August 8, 2005
- Do it today: Please thank Tim Russert
for moderating the vaccines-and-autism debate on Meet the Press
- Must read: Slate.com article sheds
light on controversy about thimerosal-containing vaccines and autism
- NIP announces temporary shortage of
conjugated meningococcal vaccine
- CDC outlines priority groups for vaccination
with injectable influenza vaccine in the event of a vaccine shortage
- Errata: MMWR corrects four errors in
ACIP's newly released influenza recommendations
- Register today: Update on 2005-06 influenza
vaccine communications and supply planned for August 16
- Three states enact immunization legislation
for a variety of vaccines
- Updated: Spanish-language version of
IAC's brochure "Immunization . . . Not Just Kids' Stuff"
- New: Interim 2005-06 VIS for injectable
influenza vaccine now available in audio format
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Issue
542 - August 5, 2005
- Sunday, August 7, Meet the Press to
discuss mercury-containing vaccines and neurological disorders
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Issue
541 - August 1, 2005
- CDC reports on 2004 vaccination coverage
levels among U.S. children ages 19-35 months
- Hard copy of ACIP's new influenza recommendations
now available
- NPI announces recipients of its 2005
Excellence in Immunization awards
- New: Transcript of CDC's media briefing
on vaccine safety and child health is now posted on NIP's website
- Updated: IAC revises three influenza
education pieces to reflect the new ACIP recommendations
- CDC summarizes data from its 2003 Immunization
Registry Annual Report
- 140 immunization coalitions have posted
information on IAC's IZ Coalitions website--is yours one of them?
- Upcoming events: IAC adds a Boston
University symposium and the APHA Annual Meeting to its online
calendar
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Issue
540 - July 27, 2005
- Unprotected People #77: Toddler suffers
septicemia, meningitis, and multi-organ failure as complications
of Haemophilus influenzae type b infection
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Issue
539 - July 25, 2005
- New: Provisional ACIP recommendations
for combined tetanus-diphtheria-pertussis vaccine are posted on
NIP's website
- New: Interim VISs now available for
both injectable and intranasal influenza vaccines
- July issue of CDC's Immunization Works
electronic newsletter now available on the NIP website
- Updated: IAC revises a professional
education piece on preventing perinatal hepatitis B virus transmission
- Pharmacists and medical assistants:
NIP needs you to pilot test its training programs
- Oregon's Answer to Cancer race--a fund
raiser for hepatitis B virus infection and liver cancer--is scheduled
for August 6
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Issue
538 - July 18, 2005
- New: CDC issues the latest ACIP influenza
recommendations in an "MMWR Early Release"
- MMWR notifies readers about August
9 webcast on prevention of human papilloma virus infection and
cervical cancer
- Teleconference on communicating with
legislatures about vaccine safety is scheduled for August 9
- CDC releases guidance statement on
HIPAA and perinatal hepatitis B
- Learn about proposed hepatitis B vaccination
strategies for U.S. adults
- Study reveals that handwashing with
soap can save children's lives by reducing the incidence of certain
diseases
- New: July 15 issue of IAC's Hep Express
electronic newsletter now available online
- CDC reports on a survey of U.S. syringe
exchange programs operating during 2002
- CDC reports on the use of a rapid analysis
system to assess influenza vaccination coverage among California
HMO members
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Issue
537 - July 11, 2005
- DHHS announces addition of influenza
vaccine to the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program
- New: Johns Hopkins report on adolescent
and adult pertussis now available online
- New: Article reveals that containment
of 2004 measles outbreak cost Iowa $142,000
- Reminder: Register soon for the two-day
course "Epidemiology & Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable
Diseases"
- Order soon: Price of DVD version of "Immunization
Techniques" video will increase to $35 on August 1
- Updated: IAC revises its parent-education
piece "When Do Children and Teens Need Vaccinations?"
- Polio update: CDC reports on India's
progress toward polio eradication, WHO reports on Indonesia's new
polio cases
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Issue
536 - July 5, 2005
- New: NIP posts CDC's 2005 "Vaccine
Management" booklet on its website
- CDC posts Influenza Vaccine Bulletin
#1 for 2005-06 on its influenza web section
- CDC reports on influenza activity in
the United States and worldwide during the 2004-05 season
- Arizona Department of Health Services
reports 500 pertussis cases and one infant death
- CDC notifies MMWR readers about the
July 28 satellite broadcast "Immunization Update 2005"
- Update: IAC revises educational pieces
to include information on two newly licensed vaccines
- Reminder: Use these online promotional
materials to advertise National Immunization Awareness Month in
August
- Correction: IAC revises information
it published about CMS's reimbursement for administering influenza
vaccinations
- VIS translations: IAC posts Haitian
Creole VISs for measles-mumps-rubella vaccine and pneumococcal
conjugate vaccine
- WHO's email bulletin service "Disease
Outbreak News" reports first case of polio in Angola since
2001
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Issue
535 - June 27, 2005
- The New York Times article "On
Autism's Cause, It's Parents vs. Research" is available free
of charge only until July 2
- Institute of Medicine responds to article
on thimerosal written by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
- More than 30 cases of measles reported
in Indiana; free vaccine administered
- June issue of CDC's Immunization Works
electronic newsletter now available on the NIP website
- New: The web section of WHO's Global
Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety now offers information in
six languages
- Upcoming events: Hepatitis B Foundation's
B-Informed patient conference and Oregon's Flu Summit scheduled
for July
- MMWR corrects its article on seroprevalence
of poliovirus antibodies in a Dominican community in Puerto Rico
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Issue
534 - June 23, 2005
- Unprotected People #76: Newborn's death
emphasizes need to consider pertussis in differential diagnosis
of coughing adults
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Issue
533 - June 20, 2005
- CDC announces topics for July 14 net
conference on Current Issues in Immunization and opens online registration
- FDA approves Pegasys for treatment
of chronic hepatitis B virus infection
- New: June 17 issue of IAC's Hep Express
electronic newsletter now available online
- Corrections made to Hmong inactivated
influenza vaccine VIS; interim meningococcal vaccine VIS now available
in Turkish
- Upcoming events: Immunization coalition
teleconference in July and Indiana immunization conference in October
- Somalia schedules emergency polio immunization
campaign for June 17-26
- CDC reports on seroprevalence of poliovirus
antibodies among children in a Dominican community in Puerto Rico
in 2002
- CDC reports on progress in measles
control in Zambia during 1999-2004
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Issue
532 - June 13, 2005
- FDA approves a new combination vaccine
to help protect adolescents and adults against whooping cough
- New: AMA's primer will help physicians
improve immunization rates, especially among minority populations
- New: CDC issues guidelines for preventing
and controlling influenza transmission in long-term-care facilities
- New: IAC develops a professional-education
piece on the use of standing orders to improve adult vaccination
rates
- New VIS translations: VISs for five
vaccines now available in Burmese
- MMWR corrects data reported on total
mortality and influenza and pneumonia mortality between April 1-May
27, 2005
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Issue
531 - June 8, 2005
- Unprotected People #75: Three-year-old's
ordeal with severe pneumococcal disease includes bloodstream and
lung infection
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Issue
530 - June 6, 2005
- The May 2005 issue of "Vaccinate
Adults" is in the mail and on the Web
- AAP endorses new meningococcal vaccine
guidelines
- New: AAP's "Red Book Online" now
tracks new vaccines' licensure and recommendation status
- Recent journal articles discuss pertussis
in adults and parents who refuse immunization for their children
- Plan ahead: Online resources are now
available for promoting National Immunization Awareness Month
- CDC reports on Colorado's surveillance
of influenza-associated hospitalizations during 2004-05
- New: Partnership for Prevention publishes
its report on strengthening adult immunization
- New VIS translation: IAC posts MMR
vaccine VIS in Ilokano
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Issue
529 - June 2, 2005
- Time's running out: Use your fiscal
year-end (June 30) dollars to stock up on essential immunization
resources--or to contribute to IAC
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Issue
528 - May 31, 2005
- New: ACIP releases recommendations
on meningococcal disease prevention; CDC press release presents
background information
- New: CDC fact sheet on meningococcal
disease and vaccine includes information about newly licensed MCV4
vaccine
- New VIS translation: Spanish-language
meningococcal vaccine VIS now available
- May issue of CDC's Immunization Works
electronic newsletter is posted on the NIP website
- New: CDC announces broad availability
of the 2005-06 edition of its travel-health guide, the "Yellow
Book"
- Mark your calendar: Several CDC immunization
courses are planned for summer and fall
- New translation: IAC's parent-education
piece "After the Shots: What to do if your child has discomfort" now
in Spanish
- June 14 teleconference to focus on
reducing immunization disparities by working with ethnic physicians
organizations
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Issue
527 - May 25, 2005
- Unprotected People #74: Parents helpless
as children battle pertussis
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Issue
526 - May 23, 2005
- New: May 2005 issue of "Needle
Tips" provides lots of resources on childhood, adolescent,
and adult immunization
- Visit IAC's redesigned hepatitis prevention
programs website for Hepatitis Awareness Month
- New: DVD format of "Immunization
Techniques: Safe, Effective, Caring" is now available
- CDC issues press release about factors
possibly associated with autism risk
- New: May 20 issue of IAC's Hep Express
electronic newsletter now available online
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Issue
525 - May 16, 2005
- CDC report recommends health professionals
limit use of IgM anti-HAV testing to specific indications
- MMWR notifies readers that May is Hepatitis
Awareness Month
- New VIS: NIP posts VIS for Japanese
encephalitis vaccine to its website
- CDC issues "Summary of Notifiable
Diseases--United States, 2003"
- UNICEF reports new cases of polio in
Indonesia and Yemen; major vaccination campaigns to begin soon
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Issue
524 - May 9, 2005
- FDA approves Boostrix, a tetanus toxoid,
reduced diphtheria toxoid, and acellular pertussis vaccine intended
for teens
- May 9-16 is the first National Hepatitis
B Awareness Week; "AIM for the B" campaign is planned
for the same time
- New: Spanish-language childhood and
adolescent immunization schedule available on NIP's website
- Important: May 27 is the deadline for
submitting abstracts for the National Viral Hepatitis Prevention
Conference
- New: 2003 SMART BRFSS data and prevalence
tables now available
- Updated: IAC revises some of its professional-
and patient-education pieces
- Subscribe to more than 20 email news
services using IAC's Directory of Immunization Resources
- New: Documents related to the Blue
Ribbon Panel meeting about CDC's vaccine safety activities now
online
- CDC Health Update announces destruction
of influenza A(H2N2) samples mistakenly included with proficiency
test panels
- Scheduled for June 13-15 in Atlanta,
conference on public health law will include sessions on vaccine
safety
- Vaccines 2005 conference to be held
in Amsterdam June 13-15
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Issue
523 - May 2, 2005
- "Read immediately" issue
of Immunization Works discusses relocation of the Immunization
Safety Branch
- April issue of CDC's Immunization Works
electronic newsletter now available on the NIP website
- New: CDC's commemorative timeline,
50 Years of Vaccine Progress, is posted on NIP's website
- New: VISs for three travel-related
vaccines now available in DVD, video, and CD-ROM formats
- Updated: IAC revises two of its education
pieces
- CDC reports on recent worldwide progress
toward interruption of wild poliovirus transmission
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Issue
522 - April 25, 2005
- U.S. Congress accepts plan for major
reorganization of CDC
- New: The 2005 annual report of the
National Immunization Program now available online and in print
- April 24 marks the start of National
Infant Immunization Week, now in its second decade
- New: CDC's commemorative timeline,
50th Anniversary of the Polio Vaccine, is posted on NIP's website
- Coming soon: The National Immunization
Coalition TA Network plans two influenza teleconferences for May
- "Immunization Works," the
statewide Iowa immunization conference, is scheduled for June 2
in West Des Moines
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Issue
521 - April 18, 2005
- Official CDC Health Advisory recommends
destroying sample panels of influenza A/H2N2
- MMWR notifies readers that April 24-30
is National Infant Immunization Week
- May is National Hepatitis Awareness
Month
- Maurice R. Hilleman, giant in vaccine
development, dies at age 85
- New: Trivalent influenza vaccines to
be covered by the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program
starting July 1
- New: CDC seeks comment on its Research
Agenda through April 19
- New: CHOP's Vaccine Education Center
launches Parents PACK, an online vaccine-information resource
- IAC reorganizes and updates its online
Directory of Immunization Resources
- IAC updates multiple print pieces related
to viral hepatitis
- New: April 15 issue of IAC's Hep Express
electronic newsletter now available online
- New: NIP website posts recordings of
NIC presentations, reminds attendees that April 25 is deadline
for CE credit
- Providers: Power of 10 campaign makes
it easy to educate your patients about the importance of getting
a Td booster
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Issue
520 - April 11, 2005
- New: CDC issues interim VIS for meningococcal
vaccine
- New: Comprehensive Vaccine Storage
and Handling Toolkit now available on the NIP website
- 50th anniversary of the discovery of
polio vaccine inspires exhibits, events, and articles
- New: NIIW PSAs for television stations
will be available by satellite downlink on April 12 and 14
- CDC issues an update on U.S. influenza
activity for the 2004-05 season
- Conference on the Public's Health & the
Law in the 21st Century is set for June 13-15 in Atlanta
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Issue
519 - April 4, 2005
- Important: CDC issues Dr. Stephen Cochi's
message about the publication of a new book on thimerosal and autism
- FDA approves new treatment for hepatitis
B virus infection
- CDC provides information on influenza
vaccine prebooking and distribution strategies for the 2005-06
influenza season
- April 7 is World Health Day
- Recommendations for improving high-risk
adults' influenza, PPV, and hepatitis B vaccination coverage now
available
- CDC reports on estimated influenza
vaccination coverage among U.S. adults and children--September
1, 2004-January 31, 2005
- April 29 is the application deadline
for NPI's 2005 Excellence in Immunization Awards
- Big savings: IAC's smallpox immunization
record cards available at half price--while supplies last
- CDC reports on an inadvertent laboratory
exposure to Bacillus anthracis in California in 2004
- New: Two rotavirus vaccine resources
now available online
- Measles cases surge in Nigeria
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Issue
518 - March 29, 2005
- Unprotected People #73: CDC provides
case reports on varicella-related deaths of three susceptible,
unvaccinated children
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Issue
517 - March 28, 2005
- CDC announces the elimination of rubella
and congenital rubella syndrome in the United States
- CDC posts new NIIW resources to the
NIP website, offers a technical assistance teleconference on March
29 and 31
- Note: On March 29, IAC will publish
an Unprotected People report about recent varicella deaths in the
United States
- CDC reports on varicella surveillance
in Oregon public elementary schools
- New: The March issue of CDC's Immunization
Works electronic newsletter is now available on the NIP website
- CDC reports on progress toward polio
eradication in Afghanistan and Pakistan in 2004-05
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Issue
516 - March 21, 2005
- New: The CDC-INFO Contact Center now
answers phone-in immunization questions; VISs are changed accordingly
- Mark your calendar: April 14 is the
date for CDC's next Current Issues in Immunization net conference
- FDA approves new preservative-free
formulation of sanofi-pasteur's pediatric influenza vaccine
- National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable
meeting set for April 10-12
- National Viral Hepatitis Prevention
Conference website now live
- New issue of "Viral Hepatitis" available
on VHPB website
- New: March 18 issue of IAC's Hep Express
electronic newsletter now available online
- New conference listings: Immunization
coalition conference call and hepatitis B meeting are set for April
- CDC publishes recommendations for animal
rabies prevention and control
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Issue
515 - March 14, 2005
- CDC reports
on transmission of hepatitis B virus among persons undergoing blood
glucose monitoring
- IAC updates
six viral hepatitis education pieces
- Florida Immunization
Summit set for April 26-27
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Issue
514 - March 7, 2005
- CDC issues an update on U.S. influenza
activity during the 2004-05 season
- CDC reports on interventions to increase
influenza vaccination of healthcare workers
- CDC reports on Connecticut's use of
a state influenza hotline as a way to increase influenza vaccination
coverage
- New: NIP announces availability of
a web-based training course, "Immunization: You Call the Shots"
- Reminder: It's time to finalize your
plans for the National Immunization Conference
- Check it out: NIP website adds resources
for National Infant Immunization Week and Vaccination Week in the
Americas
- New: ECBT's model statute will help
states draft legislation that permits immunization information
to cross state lines
- CDC reports on progress in reducing
worldwide measles mortality, 1999-2003
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Issue
513 - Feb. 28, 2005
- Free: Order two pads of the Vaccine
Education Center's meningococcus education sheets at no charge
- New: Georgia and Ohio enact immunization
legislation
- Newly posted: IOM's report on vaccine
safety and CDC's statement in response
- New: February 22 issue of IAC's Hep
Express electronic newsletter now available online
- Save the dates: Teleconference on immunization
educational materials and two vaccine conferences coming soon
- CDC reports on Europe's progress toward
eliminating measles and preventing congenital rubella syndrome
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Issue
512 - Feb. 21, 2005
- CDC and NIH support influenza vaccination
of elderly, though study states it may not prevent as many deaths
as assumed
- CDC reports on hepatitis A vaccination
coverage among U.S. children ages 24-35 months during 2003
- New: CDC website posts numerous resources
for National Infant Immunization Week and Vaccination Week in the
Americas
- New: Journal of Family Practice's immunization
supplement, "Vaccines Across the Life Span, 2005," is
now online
- New: February issue of CDC's Immunization
Works electronic newsletter now available on the NIP website
- State officials: Betty Bumpers to speak
at February 23 web conference on Vaccine Safety: What Legislators
Need to Know
- AED launches listserv for members of
the National Immunization Coalition TA Network
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Issue
511 - Feb. 14, 2005
- ACIP recommends newly licensed meningococcal
vaccine for adolescents and college freshmen
- BRFSS data indicate influenza vaccine
was given to priority groups during the first part of the 2004-05
influenza season
- Act now: Free bulk copies of the latest
issue of "Vaccinate Adults" (October 2004) will go fast
- New: CMS has web resources for those
who vaccinate Medicare beneficiaries against influenza and pneumococcal
disease
- CDC reports on a case of Japanese encephalitis
in a U.S. traveler returning from Thailand in 2004
- New conference listings: Adult immunization
and health promotion conferences are scheduled for March and May
- MMWR corrects errors in two recent
issues
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Issue
510- Feb.
7, 2005
- New feature: IAC Express now offers
its readers a link to the web version of the current issue
- Reminder: Be sure to register for CDC's
satellite broadcast Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable
Diseases
- Register for NIC and take time to plan
your conference participation using the new NIC Track System
- New: Special training will be held
after NIC for National Immunization Coalition TA members
- New: HAN issues an official CDC Health
Update about avian influenza
- Updated: CDC continues to supplement
its Influenza web section
- New: Scripts and slides now available
from CDC's net conference on Varicella Case-Based Reporting
- Teleconference on planning and implementing
an immunization event for the public is scheduled for February
22
- CDC reports on a polio outbreak in
Sudan in 2004
- Spring 2005 Phacilitate Vaccine Forum
scheduled for May 23-25 in Amsterdam
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Issue
509 - Feb. 1, 2005
- Unprotected People #72: Infant dies
after contracting pertussis from adult family members
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Issue
508 - Jan. 31, 2005
- CDC reports on an outbreak of invasive
pneumococcal disease in Alaska during 2003-04
- CDC reports on outbreaks of pertussis
associated with hospitals in the United States during 2003
- Note: On February 1, IAC will publish
an Unprotected People report about a fatal case of pertussis in
West Virginia
- Update: CDC continues to supplement
its Influenza web section
- New: January issue of CDC's Immunization
Works electronic newsletter now available on the NIP website
- Association of Immunization Managers
seeks nominations for the 2nd annual "Natalie J. Smith, MD,
Award"
- Save the date: National Viral Hepatitis
Prevention Conference set for December 5-9 in Washington, DC
- CDC launches web page devoted to perinatal
hepatitis B information and resources
- IAC updates immunization and viral
hepatitis materials
- New: January 21 issue of IAC's Hep
Express electronic newsletter available online
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Issue
507 - Jan. 28, 2005
- CDC announces two new strategies to
promote continued influenza vaccination
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Issue
506 - Jan. 24, 2005
- Correction: AAP and IAC correct an
error in a CPT code description that appeared in the IAC EXPRESS
of January 12
- New: 2005 Childhood Immunization Schedule
and 2004-05 Adult Immunization Schedule now available for Palm
OS handhelds
- Update: CDC continues to supplement
its Influenza web section
- MMWR notifies readers about satellite
broadcasts on Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable
Diseases
- MMWR corrects error in a footnote in
its article "Update: Influenza Activity--United States, 2004-05
Season"
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Issue
505 - Jan. 18, 2005
- New: FDA approves meningococcal polysaccharide
diphtheria toxoid conjugate vaccine for persons ages 11-55 years
- Dr. John Ward accepts position as director
of CDC's Division of Viral Hepatitis
- CDC issues an update of U.S. influenza
activity during the 2004-05 influenza season
- New: CDC posts the 2nd printing of
The Pink Book on its website
- Registration opens January 19 for CDC's
satellite broadcast on Epidemiology & Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable
Diseases
- Update: CDC continues to supplement
its Influenza web section
- New: CMS demonstration project will
provide influenza antiviral medicines to Medicare beneficiaries
- New: Preservative-free Td vaccine now
available
- CDC reports that vaccination coverage
for non-Hispanic African Americans trails coverage for non-Hispanic
whites
- CDC reports African Americans have
twice the incidence rate for hepatitis B and Streptococcus pneumoniae
as whites
- Update: IAC revises several of its
patient- and professional-education pieces
- WHO publishes the December 2004 meeting
report of its Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety
- MMWR's notifiable disease statistics
now include serogroup data for meningococcal disease
- MMWR notifies readers about QuickStats,
a new feature on public health indicators and trends
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Issue
504 - Jan. 12, 2005
- AAP website posts an overview of changes
in vaccination administration procedure codes and their valuation
for 2005
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Issue
503 - Jan. 10, 2005
- Act soon: January 28 is the deadline
for NIC's early-bird registration
- Coming soon: CDC's satellite broadcasts
on Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases
- Summer camp for kids with hepatitis--send
for an application before January 31
- New: PKIDs launches listservs for kids
with hepatitis C and B
- Update: CDC continues to supplement
its website with information related to the influenza vaccine shortage
- NFID releases report on the epidemiology
of meningococcal disease among U.S. children, teens, and young
adults
- Register today for CDC's January 19
immunization net conference on varicella case-based reporting
- CDC and UNC sponsor a satellite broadcast/webcast
on vaccine shortages on January 28
- Indiana State Department of health
will hold its "Immunization from A to Z" course on January
28
- World Vaccine Congress set for April
18-20 in Montreal
- International Society of Travel Medicine
plans conference for May 1-5 in Lisbon
- NFID to hold its 2005 Conference on
Vaccine Research on May 9-11 in Baltimore
- CDC reports on malaria transmission
in resort areas of the Dominican Republic in late 2004
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Issue
502 - Jan. 7, 2005
- CDC, AAP, and AAFP release the Recommended
Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Schedule for 2005
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Issue
501 - Jan. 3, 2005
- MMWR publishes ACIP's updated interim
influenza vaccination recommendations for the 2004-05 influenza
season
- Update: CDC continues to supplement its website with information
related to the influenza vaccine shortage
- New: IAC screening questionnaires help providers determine if patients
have contraindications to influenza vaccine
- Teleconference on starting local immunization coalitions is scheduled
for January 11
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