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- Read "Ask the Experts" Q&As on current immunization issues
Issue 905 - December
20, 2010
- Happy holidays from all of us at IAC
- HHS announces that Walgreens will donate $10 million in vouchers
to vaccinate 350,000 people against influenza
- IAC's Video of the Week features a PKIDs' video of a mother's
account of her family's struggle with pertussis
- Spotlight on immunize.org: Browse through the two-year archive of
IAC's "Video of the Week" offerings
- IAC updates information on the popular handout "It's federal law!
You must give your patients current Vaccine Information Statements
(VISs)"
- IAC's screening questionnaires for child/teen and adult
contraindications and precautions to immunization are now available in
Spanish and six other languages
- New IAC piece offers birthing hospitals sample text for admission
orders for hepatitis B vaccination in newborn nursery
- Influenza vaccination is recommended for almost everyone, so
please keep vaccinating!
- New DVD for 2010! "Immunization Techniques: Best Practices with
Infants, Children, and Adults"--from the California Department of
Public Health, Immunization Branch
- CDC issues guidelines for preventing, diagnosing, and treating
sexually transmitted diseases
- CDC offers clinicians guidance on using rapid influenza diagnostic
tests during the 2010-11 influenza season
- "P.J. Gets Wise" adolescent immunization DVD available free to
physicians' offices and health departments
- Many of PKIDs' January and February webinars on using social media
are tailored to the needs of health communicators
- NFID's Conference on Vaccine Research scheduled for May 16-18;
deadline for abstract submission is January 24
- Phacilitate's North American Vaccine Forum is set for January
24-26 in Washington, DC
- Meeting on creating a global collaborative network for vaccine
safety studies is planned for March 28-30 in Annecy, France
Issue 904 - December
13, 2010
- MMWR publishes CDC's recommendations for preventing pneumococcal
disease among infants and children
- February to be publication date for "Recommended Adult
Immunization Schedule--United States, 2011" and "Recommended
Immunization Schedules for Persons Aged 0 Through 18 Years--United
States, 2011"
- New: CDC publishes an updated edition of the interim VIS for
rotavirus vaccine
- Spotlight on immunize.org: most popular handouts for patients and
staff
- Nine new healthcare organizations have been added to IAC's Honor
Roll for Patient Safety
- IAC's Video of the Week features Dr. Paul Offit discussing the new
booster recommendations for meningococcal conjugate vaccine
- National Influenza Vaccine Summit is accepting nominations for its
2011 Immunization Excellence Awards through March 1
- IAC updates its handout for healthcare professionals about PPSV
vaccination
- IAC updates three handouts that answer the public's questions
about measles, mumps, and rubella
- Online course on vaccine safety and patient communication offers
free CE credit to nurses who participate
- California's EZ-IZ e-learning website posts two training modules
on vaccine storage
- November issue of CDC's Immunization Works newsletter presents
information on California's pertussis outbreak and ACIP's October 2010
meeting
- CDC website posts the live meeting archive from the October ACIP
meeting
- Influenza vaccination is recommended for almost everyone, so
please keep vaccinating!
- New DVD for 2010! "Immunization Techniques: Best Practices with
Infants, Children, and Adults"--from the California Department of
Public Health, Immunization Branch
- Register for the 2011 National Immunization Conference by February
18 to get the early-bird rate
- Clinical Vaccinology course scheduled for March 4-6 in Chicago
- MMWR publishes report on the progress India made toward polio
eradication from January 2009 to October 2010
Issue 903 - December
7, 2010
- Please donate to the Immunization Action Coalition
Issue 902 - December
6, 2010
- It's National Influenza Vaccination Week: CDC's collection of
resources will help you get the word out
- Spotlight on immunize.org: IAC's Influenza web section offers
one-stop access to influenza vaccination information
- Four states expand immunization requirements for school attendance
- IAC updates three handouts that answer the public's questions
about tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis
- For National Influenza Vaccination Week, IAC's Video of the Week
comprises a selection of influenza videos
- Do you tweet? Then help promote National Influenza Vaccination
Week by participating in the NIVW Tweet-a-Thon
- CDC expert commentary on the safety of influenza vaccine offers
clinicians free CME/CE credit
- NFID's Childhood Influenza Immunization Coalition develops a
ready-to-use program for communicating about childhood influenza
immunization
- MMWR publishes report on seasonal and H1N1 influenza vaccination
coverage of pregnant women during 2009-10 influenza season
- This may be your last chance to order bulk quantities of the
National Influenza Vaccine Summit's FREE 2010-11 influenza vaccine
pocket guides
- CDC's comprehensive summary of 2010-11 influenza antiviral
medications is intended for clinicians
- HHS presents panel discussion for seniors and their caregivers as
part of its "Know What to Do About the Flu" webcast series
- Healthy People 2020 is now available: Be sure to check out the
Immunization and Infectious Diseases section
- CDC's STD surveillance report for 2009 includes statistics related
to human papillomavirus
Issue 901 - December 2, 2010
- New DVD! "Immunization Techniques: Best Practices with Infants, Children,
and Adults"--from the California Department of Public Health, Immunization
Branch, updated in 2010
- Now's a great time to place an order for IAC's top-quality products! For
greater discounts, make bulk purchases!
Issue 900 - November 29, 2010
- IAC's new professional-education handout explains how to use vaccines with
diluents
- AAP fact sheet is updated with studies that refute any relationship
between vaccines and autism
- IAC adds two English/Spanish warning signs to its vaccine
storage-and-handling collection
- Spotlight on immunize.org: Visit "What's New at IAC"
- IAC's Video of the Week features a CDC expert commentary on the value of
the recommendation for universal influenza vaccination
- Influenza vaccination is recommended for almost everyone, so please keep
vaccinating!
- December 5-11 is National Influenza Vaccination Week--be sure to submit
your organization's event plans
- New DVD for 2010! "Immunization Techniques: Best Practices with Infants,
Children, and Adults"--from the California Department of Public Health,
Immunization Branch
- Bulk quantities of the 2010-11 influenza vaccine pocket guides are
available--FREE!--from the National Influenza Vaccine Summit
- PKIDs' December 14 webinar will be a case study of AAP's "Protect
Tomorrow" public service campaign
Issue 899 - November 22, 2010
- New IAC handout presents scientific evidence that vaccines are unrelated
to the development of autism
- IAC updates two influenza handouts, one on the importance of getting the
whole family vaccinated against influenza, the other on warning signs of
serious influenza infection
- Spotlight on immunize.org: One-stop access to all IAC's handouts for
patients and staff
- Adult vaccination coverage estimates from the 2009 National Health
Interview Survey are now online
- IAC's Video of the Week stresses the importance of hepatitis B testing for
Asian Americans
- Article in the journal Pediatrics indicates influenza vaccination of
pregnant women safely protects women and their infants
- Influenza vaccination is recommended for almost everyone, so please keep
vaccinating!
- December 5-11 is National Influenza Vaccination Week--special events are
planned throughout the week
- New DVD for 2010! "Immunization Techniques: Best Practices with Infants,
Children, and Adults"--from the California Department of Public Health,
Immunization Branch
- Now online: Interim guidance on using influenza antivirals during 2010-11
influenza season
- Bulk quantities of the 2010-11 influenza vaccine pocket guides are
available--FREE!--from the National Influenza Vaccine Summit
- MMWR reports on survey results of U.S. syringe exchange programs in 2008
- MMWR reports on occupational transmission of Neisseria meningitidis in
California in 2009
- View this excellent archived webinar on vaccine handling and storage and
receive free CE credit
- CDC Features educates public on the safety of influenza vaccines
- New: CDC announces addition of 2010 influenza module to its "You Call the
Shots" training course--free CE credit is available
- Free CE credit available for viewing archived webinar on malaria
eradication
Issue 898 - November 15, 2010
- Spotlight on immunize.org: find essential resources for providing
vaccination services
- IAC updates its two how-to handouts on administering vaccine injections
- IAC's Video of the Week focuses on the importance of influenza vaccination
for pregnant women
- Influenza vaccination is recommended for almost everyone, so please keep
vaccinating!
- New DVD for 2010! "Immunization Techniques: Best Practices with Infants,
Children, and Adults"--from the California Department of Public Health,
Immunization Branch
- CDC's December 9 net conference to cover meningococcal conjugate vaccine
and adult influenza vaccination
- CDC offers webinar on increasing influenza vaccination among people with
chronic health conditions on November 18
- National Foundation for Infectious Diseases to host press conference about
adult immunization on November 17
- New: University of Pittsburgh develops an adult immunization standing
orders tool kit
- Bulk quantities of the 2010-11 influenza vaccine pocket guides are
available--FREE!--from the National Influenza Vaccine Summit
- For coalitions: 186 immunization coalitions have posted information on
www.izcoalitions.org--is yours one of them?
- October issue of CDC's Immunization Works newsletter presents resources on
pertussis disease and vaccine
- December 5-11 is National Influenza Vaccination Week--be sure to submit
your organization's event plans
- TFAH report finds lower H1N1 influenza vaccination rates for minorities
and higher hospitalization rates
- CDC website posts presentation slide sets from the October ACIP meeting
- CDC Features educates the public on vaccination's important role in
preventing pneumonia
- The Asian Liver Center offers new Hmong-language brochure on hepatitis B
and liver cancer
- San Francisco's social marketing campaign aims to increase awareness of
the importance of adult immunization and of influenza vaccination
Issue 897 - November 8, 2010
- MMWR announces that November 12 is World Pneumonia Day
- IAC's Video of the Week is a PSA of Kevin McKidd--Grey's Anatomy star and
World Pneumonia Day spokesperson
- American College of Physicians issues statement mandating influenza
vaccination for healthcare workers, joining five other professional
associations on IAC's Honor Roll For Patient Safety
- Spotlight on immunize.org: one-stop shop for official recommendations and
information about vaccines
- Read pro-vaccine posts from the bloggers at Science-Based Medicine
- December 9 webinar to focus on a new model for communicating
vaccine-safety information to parents
- New DVD for 2010! "Immunization Techniques: Best Practices with Infants,
Children, and Adults"--from the California Department of Public Health,
Immunization Branch
- CDC re-launches its rotavirus web section and publishes information about
rotavirus vaccines and intussusception
- Bulk quantities of the 2010-11 influenza vaccine pocket guides are
available--FREE!--from the National Influenza Vaccine Summit
- MMWR publishes report on outbreaks following wild poliovirus importations
in Europe, Africa, and Asia
- CDC publishes a large-print version of the 2010-11 VIS for injectable
influenza vaccine
- VIS for PPSV vaccine now available in Korean
- PKIDs has seven upcoming webinars on using social media, many tailored to
the needs of health communicators
Issue 896 - November 1, 2010
- IAC updates three handouts, including the highly popular child/teen
screening questionnaire and adult screening questionnaire
- IAC's new handout presents evidence that parents who choose
personal-belief exemptions for their children put others at risk for
contracting vaccine-preventable diseases
- Bulk quantities of the 2010-11 influenza vaccine pocket guides are
available--FREE!--from the National Influenza Vaccine Summit
- IAC's Video of the Week stresses that getting vaccinated is the way we can
keep each other healthy during influenza season
- Spotlight on immunize.org: Vaccine-related slide set presentations
available from IAC, CDC, and others
- CDC Features presents a video on the importance of influenza vaccination
for pregnant women
- New DVD for 2010! "Immunization Techniques: Best Practices with Infants,
Children, and Adults"--from the California Department of Public Health,
Immunization Branch
- WHO announces that current polio vaccination campaigns will immunize 72
million children in 15 African nations
- MMWR publishes report on global routine vaccination coverage in 2009
- Intended for refugees, Minnesota's "Understanding Vaccines" DVD presents
its message in seven languages
- "Practice Efficiency & Business of Vaccines" CME conference will be held
November 13 in Phoenix
- November 7 is abstract deadline for the Society for Healthcare
Epidemiology of America's annual meeting
Issue 895 - October 25, 2010
- Bulk quantities of the 2010-11 influenza vaccine pocket guides are
available--FREE!--from the National Influenza Vaccine Summit
- IAC's Video of the Week, "Listen to Your Momma," encourages influenza
vaccination
- Spotlight on immunize.org: IAC's selection of practical and clinically
relevant vaccine-related journal articles
- IAC updates "Hepatitis B: Questions and Answers"
- New DVD for 2010! "Immunization Techniques: Best Practices with Infants,
Children, and Adults"--from the California Department of Public Health,
Immunization Branch
- Here's a roundup of current influenza vaccination news from the National
Influenza Vaccine Summit
Issue 894 - October 18, 2010
- AAP publishes recommendation for mandatory influenza immunization of all
healthcare personnel
- Reminder: All doses of 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccine have expired
- Honor Roll updated with an AAP policy statement, NFID statement,
healthcare institutions' mandatory influenza vaccination policies, and related
editorials
- 2010-11 influenza vaccine pocket guides--FREE!--from the National
Influenza Vaccine Summit
- MMWR publishes report on U.S. tetanus and pertussis vaccination coverage
among adults in 1999 and 2008
- Spotlight on immunize.org: easy-to-access vaccine package inserts and
contact information for vaccine manufacturers
- IAC's Video of the Week is a selection of videos of parents' accounts of
losing a child to influenza
- New DVD for 2010! "Immunization Techniques: Best Practices with Infants,
Children, and Adults"--from the California Department of Public Health,
Immunization Branch
- MMWR publishes report on progress made worldwide toward controlling
rubella and congenital rubella syndrome in 2009
- HHS presents panel discussion on pregnant women and influenza vaccination
as part of its "Know What to Do About the Flu" webcast series
- MMWR announces the final vaccination coverage estimates for the 2009-10
influenza season
- IAC updates the patient screening questionnaire "Should You Be Tested for
Hepatitis C?"
- PKIDs offers webinar on using social media to help educate the public,
build community, and promote better health
- Influenza vaccine VISs now available in Amharic
Issue 893 - October 11, 2010
- MMWR publishes report on U.S. and worldwide influenza activity during June
13-September 25, 2010
- IAC's Video of the Week recounts the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia's
experience with employee influenza vaccine mandate
- Spotlight on immunize.org: Where you'll find current information on U.S.
and international immunization organizations
- MMWR publishes report on seasonal influenza vaccination coverage among
children ages 6 months-18 years during the 2009-10 influenza season
- New DVD for 2010! "Immunization Techniques: Best Practices with Infants,
Children, and Adults"--from the California Department of Public Health,
Immunization Branch
- History of Vaccines website offers a living chronicle of the compelling
history of vaccination
- WHO announces composition of seasonal influenza vaccines for the 2011
southern hemisphere influenza season
- CDC updates information on supply of DTaP-IPV (Kinrix) vaccine
- VISs for shingles vaccine and MMRV vaccine now available in additional
languages
- September issue of CDC's Immunization Works electronic newsletter now
online
- Minutes of the June 2010 ACIP meeting now online
- PKIDs offers four new webinars on using social media
- Eurovaccine 2010 scheduled for December 10 in Stockholm
Issue 892 - October 4, 2010
- Google's Flu Vaccine Finder can help the public find locations for
influenza vaccination
- MMWR publishes a report on a case of human rabies in Virginia in 2009
- New DVD for 2010! "Immunization Techniques: Best Practices with Infants,
Children, and Adults"--from the California Department of Public Health,
Immunization Branch
- Standardized injection site maps help everyone in the office use the same
anatomic sites for each vaccine
- IAC's Video of the Week features a Medscape commentary on the new
influenza vaccine guidelines for 2010-11
- Spotlight on immunize.org: where you'll find books and periodicals for
reference and reading
- IAC updates two print pieces that answer the public's questions about
varicella and pneumococcus
- HHS kicks off the first in a series of "Know What to Do About the Flu"
webcasts
- Actress Julie Bowen joins the American Lung Association's Faces of
Influenza campaign
- "CDC Features" educates the public about pertussis
- "P.J. Gets Wise" adolescent immunization DVD available free to physicians'
offices and health departments
- Influenza VISs now available in three additional languages
- WHO issues position paper on pertussis vaccines
- Reminder: Clinical Vaccinology Course scheduled for November 5-7 in
Bethesda, MD
- December 3 is the deadline to submit abstracts for the National
Immunization Conference
Issue 891 - October 1, 2010
- Golden oldies edition: Read the most common questions sent to "Ask the
Experts"
Issue 890 - September 27, 2010
- Reminder: All doses of 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccine have expired
- Dear Abby publishes letter about influenza vaccination on Monday, September
27
- FDA adds information about intussusception risk to Rotarix labeling
- IAC updates online "Ask the Experts" Q&A sections related to
diphtheria/tetanus/pertussis, pneumococcal polysaccharide, and varicella
vaccination
- Spotlight on immunize.org: Find important resources from federal and state
immunization-related agencies and programs
- IAC updates three handouts for patients
- New DVD for 2010! "Immunization Techniques: Best Practices with Infants,
Children, and Adults"--from the California Department of Public Health,
Immunization Branch
- IAC'S Video of the Week features actor Wes Studi discussing influenza in
Native American communities
- IAC'S updated "Vaccinations for Adults--You're NEVER too old to get
immunized!" now available in Spanish and six other languages
- Every Child By Two creates two new tools for parents
- Influenza VISs now available in three additional languages
- "CDC Features" educates the public about influenza and World Rabies Day
- PKIDs offers four new webinars about using traditional and social media
Issue 889 - September 20, 2010
- "Dear Colleague" joint letter urges healthcare professionals to vaccinate
pregnant women against influenza
- CDC publishes prevention strategies for influenza in healthcare settings
- Dear Abby to publish letter on Monday, September 27, about the importance
of influenza immunization
- MMWR reports on vaccination coverage of children ages 19-35 months
- New DVD for 2010! "Immunization Techniques: Best Practices with Infants,
Children, and Adults"--from the California Department of Public Health,
Immunization Branch
- IAC updates standing orders for rotavirus and meningococcal vaccination
- IAC updates Q&A handouts about influenza, HPV, and rabies
- Spotlight on immunize.org: Find current listings of free continuing ed
opportunities
- IAC's Video of the Week looks back at the 2009-10 H1N1 influenza epidemic
- Influenza VISs now available in 10 additional languages
- Learn more about vaccine storage and handling and earn free continuing
education credits
- Virtual Immunization Communication Network launches new website
- "All Things Considered" vaccine conference scheduled for November 8-9 in
Washington, DC
Issue 888 - September 13, 2010
- New DVD for 2010! "Immunization Techniques: Best Practices with Infants,
Children, and Adults"--from the California Department of Public Health,
Immunization Branch
- Spotlight on immunize.org: Looking for additional immunization-related
email news services you can sign up for?
- Animation on IAC's Video of the Week shows how an influenza virus can
invade the body and replicate
- Shots 2010 immunization schedules app for iPhone and iPod devices now
available for FREE download
- MMWR publishes report on U.S. parents' attitudes about school dismissals
related to 2009 H1N1 influenza
- MMWR publishes corrections to ACIP's 2010 influenza recommendations
- CDC website adds videos, PSAs, and web tools for use during the 2010-11
influenza season
- A CDC Clinical Reminder warns about the risks of using a fingerstick
device on more than one person
- ACIP meeting scheduled for October 27-28 in Atlanta; registration
deadlines are in early October
- Michigan to hold eight regional immunization conferences in October and
November
- Scheduled for November 12, World Pneumonia Day seeks to raise awareness of
the global effects of pneumonia
Issue 887 - September 7, 2010
- Reminder: August 2010 issues of Needle Tips and Vaccinate Adults available
online
- New DVD for 2010! "Immunization Techniques: Best Practices with Infants,
Children, and Adults"--from the California Department of Public Health,
Immunization Branch
- MMWR publishes ACIP's updated recommendations for preventing invasive
pneumococcal disease among adults using PPSV23
- Clarification: Tdap/DTaP chart from last week's IAC Express includes
California-specific recommendations
- Mandatory influenza vaccination for healthcare workers called for by the
American Academy of Pediatrics and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of
America
- AAP releases policy statement on recommendations for influenza
immunization of children
- IAC updates online "Ask the Experts" Q&A sections related to influenza,
meningococcal, and rabies vaccines and diseases
- IAC's Video of the Week features Dr. Nancy Snyderman speaking about
California's pertussis outbreak
- Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine encourages increased efforts in
adolescent immunization
- NACCHO launches radio campaigns to promote Vaccines for Children program
- CDC website adds 2010-11 influenza vaccination print materials for a
variety of audiences
- Almost 100 million children in China to receive measles vaccine
- VISs for influenza and Td/Tdap vaccines now available in additional
languages
- Reminder: Vaccine Education Center to hold symposium in Philadelphia on
September 25
- VICNetwork hosts September 23 webinar on communicating vaccine safety data
to parents
- "CDC Features" educates about the development of influenza videos for deaf
and hard-of-hearing people
- MMWR announces a Clinical Vaccinology Course scheduled for November 5-7 in
Bethesda, MD
- PKIDs' September 23 webinar will discuss social media problems and
solutions; September 30 webinar to focus on traditional media
Issue 886 - August 31, 2010
- New DVD for 2010! "Immunization Techniques: Best Practices with Infants,
Children, and Adults"--from the California Department of Public Health,
Immunization Branch
- Now's a great time to place an order for IAC's top-quality products! For
greater discounts, make bulk purchases!
Issue 885 - August 30, 2010
- New: August 2010 issue of Vaccinate Adults is now online
- Reminder: August 2010 issue of Needle Tips available online
- New DVD for 2010! "Immunization Techniques: Best Practices with Infants,
Children, and Adults"--from the California Department of Public Health,
Immunization Branch
- Eight new healthcare organizations have been added to IAC's Honor Roll for
Patient Safety
- MMWR reports on measles transmission associated with air travel
- MMWR publishes estimates of deaths associated with influenza from
1976-2007
- FDA issues MedWatch report about transmitting bloodborne pathogens with
fingerstick and point-of-care blood testing devices
- Take me out to the ballgame! IAC's Video of the Week promotes immunization
with a baseball theme
- IAC updates Spanish translations of influenza vaccination screening
questionnaires
- VISs for influenza, varicella, and Td/Tdap vaccines now available in
additional languages
- Avoid mixing up DTaP and Tdap with this handy chart
- National Meningitis Association promotes adolescent immunization
- MMWR details changes in measurement of Hib vaccination coverage
- "CDC Features" teaches kids about rabies
- IAC's "Screening Questionnaire for Adult Immunization" and "If You Have
Chronic Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) Infection. . ." now available in Turkish
- Massachusetts immunization conference to be held October 7 in Marlborough
- World Influenza Congress scheduled for December 7-9 in Amsterdam
Issue 884 - August 23, 2010
- New: August 2010 issue of Needle Tips is now online
- Spanish translations of 2010-11 influenza VISs now available
- Director of CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory
Diseases encourages providers to vaccinate against influenza
- MMWR reports on vaccination coverage among adolescents
- IAC corrects CPT code information in "Influenza Vaccine Products for the
2010-11 Influenza Season"
- IAC develops new handout to help providers determine the number of
influenza vaccine doses needed by children in the 2010-11 season
- IAC updates the influenza handout for patients, "Seek emergency medical
care. . ."
- IAC updates two pieces on hepatitis B vaccination--one for adults, and the
other for preteens
- Take the Joint Commission Flu Vaccination Challenge!
- IAC's Video of the Week promotes National Immunization Awareness Month
- Indiana State Department of Health shares immunization resources
- American Nurses Association now accepting nominations for its ANA Immunity
Award
- Conference titled "The Science, Ethics, and Politics of Vaccine Mandates"
to be held September 21 in Philadelphia
- PKIDs' September 1 webinar will teach participants about YouTube
- Missouri Immunization Conference to be held November 17-19 in St. Louis
Issue 883 - August 17, 2010
- Read "Ask the Experts" Q&As on current immunization issues
Issue 882 - August 16, 2010
- New: CDC issues VISs for the two 2010-11 influenza vaccines--available in
English only
- MMWR publishes ACIP's recommendations for use of CSL's influenza vaccine
during 2010-11
- IAC updates four handouts, including its vaccine administration record
forms, influenza vaccine products chart, and declination of influenza
vaccination form
- IAC updates online "Ask The Experts" Q&A sections related to PCV and PPSV
- IAC's Video of the Week features children promoting the importance of the
hepatitis B birth dose
- Register for CDC's September 2 Net Conference on ACIP'S influenza
recommendations and CDC's communication plans
- "CDC Features" educates parents about getting their children vaccinated in
time for school
- MMWR issues erratum for ACIP's 2010 influenza recommendations
- Conference on the Science, Ethics, and Politics of Vaccine Mandates
scheduled for September 21 in Philadelphia
- WHO issues position paper on rabies vaccine
- MMWR publishes report on laboratory containment of wild poliovirus in
WHO's Region of the Americas
Issue 881 - August 9, 2010
- ACIP makes recommendations for use of CSL's Afluria seasonal influenza
vaccine during 2010-11
- CDC Health Advisory Network notifies providers about seasonal influenza A
(H3N2) virus infections
- CDC publishes ACIP influenza recommendations in MMWR Recommendations and
Reports
- CDC updates information on supply of Hib and hepatitis B vaccines
- IAC updates screening questionnaires and standing orders for seasonal
influenza vaccination
- CDC Health Advisory Network notifies providers about shortened shelf life
of sanofi pasteur's H1N1 2009 monovalent influenza vaccine in multi-dose vials
- IAC's Video of the Week features an original song about vaccination
- IAC updates "Pneumococcus: Questions and Answers"
- "CDC Features" educates the public about shingles vaccination
- Texas Immunization Summit scheduled for September 30-October 1 in Fort
Worth
- Hepatitis Foundation International summits to be held in four locations
this fall
Issue 880 - August 2, 2010
- CDC's 2010 recommendations for prevention and control of seasonal
influenza published as an MMWR Early Release
- MMWR publishes CDC's recommendations for use of yellow fever vaccine
- MMWR reports on influenza activity in the United States during the 2009-10
influenza season
- MMWR reports on regional H1N1 influenza vaccination campaign in Skokie, IL
- IAC's Video of the Week focuses on autism research
- "CDC Features" educates the public about various immunization-related
topics
- FDA approves 4 influenza vaccines for the 2010-11 season
- Campaign plans to vaccinate almost 8 million Afghani children against
polio
- IAC updates "Management of Chronic Hepatitis B in Adults"
- CDC website posts presentation slide sets from the June ACIP meeting
- WHO publishes the June 2010 meeting report of the Global Advisory
Committee on Vaccine Safety
- Reminder: Vaccine Education Center to hold symposium in Philadelphia on
September 25
- Minnesota immunization conference set for October 15
Issue 879 - July 26, 2010
- ACIP publishes recommendations for use of anthrax vaccine
- MMWR reports on gastrointestinal anthrax after an animal-hide drumming
event
- IAC updates patient handout "Should You Be Vaccinated Against Hepatitis
B?"
- IAC's Video of the Week provides training on injection safety
- IAC's updated "Screening Questionnaire for Child and Teen Immunization"
and "Are you 11-19 years old?" available in 8 translations
- Spanish translations of Td/Tdap, meningococcal, MMR, and multi-vaccine
VISs now available
- Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine corrects its adolescent
immunization schedule
- Webcast on vaccine handling and storage scheduled for August 26
- Reminder: August 5 is the date for "Immunization Update 2010"
- PKIDs' July 28 webinar to focus on CDC's 2010-11 influenza vaccination
campaign; August 3 webinar to focus on California's experience with social
media
- 2010 Influenza Congress USA is scheduled for November 8-10 in Washington,
DC
Issue 878 - July 19, 2010
- IAC updates "Human Papillomavirus (HPV): Questions and Answers"
- IAC's Video of the Week features a Medscape commentary on HPV vaccine
safety
- CDC's "Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases" course
now available on DVD
- Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity to sponsor July 27
conference call on vaccine updates
- Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine posts adolescent immunization
schedule
- PCV and HPV VISs now available in Hmong, Karen, Somali, Russian, and
Vietnamese
- PPSV and shingles VISs now available in Karen and Somali
- Thai translations of HPV and MMRV VISs now available
- Project BioShield delivers first smallpox vaccine for certain
immunocompromised persons
Issue 877 - July 12, 2010
- Six states expand immunization requirements for school attendance
- IAC's "Screening Questionnaire for Child and Teen Immunization"
now in Spanish
- LOL as rapper "Tdap Vac" and his friends entertain teens with
their "Get the Tdap Shot" message
- MMWR reports on increase in pertussis cases in California during
January-June 2010
- A CDC Commentary video on Medscape tells clinicians which people
need Tdap vaccination and the value of giving it
- Third edition of "The Vaccine Handbook: A Practical Guide for
Clinicians" now available
- New: MMWR reports can now be accessed on Facebook and Twitter
- MMWR publishes report on Nigeria's progress toward poliomyelitis
eradication from January 2009 to June 2010
- Save the date: Shots for Tots conference planned for October
28-29 in New Orleans
Issue 876 - July 6, 2010
- Reminder: June 2010 issues of Needle Tips and Vaccinate Adults available
online
- IAC's Honor Roll for Patient Safety updated as five more healthcare
organizations join; related editorial added
- IAC updates handout for the public about hepatitis A vaccination
- IAC's Video of the Week features real-life stories about
vaccine-preventable diseases
- AAP's Vaccine Status Table is updated and online; two additional tables
have been added
- CDC reports on hepatitis A vaccination coverage among U.S. children ages
12-23 months during 2006-09
- "CDC Features" educates the public about pertussis
- Toolkit from Project Immunize Virginia helps healthcare professionals
address parents' concerns about vaccinations
- CDC reports on a case of vaccinia virus infection in Washington state in
2010
- Virtual Immunization Communication Network sponsors July 22 webinar on
communication strategies for the upcoming influenza season
- CDC announces Immunization Update 2010 webcast, which is scheduled for
August 5
- Reminder: Vaccine Education Center to hold symposium in Philadelphia on
September 25
- CDC's Epidemiology & Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases course
scheduled for Lake Tahoe, November 3-5
- North Dakota State Immunization Conference set for August 24-25 in Mandan
- Reminder: PKIDs' webinar about successful social marketing coming up on
July 15
- Fondation Merieux plans October conference on herd immunity
Issue 875 - June 28, 2010
- New: June 2010 issue of Vaccinate Adults is now online
- Reminder: June 2010 issue of Needle Tips available online
- California's pertussis epidemic claims the lives of five infants
- IAC updates three handouts, including "Screening Questionnaire for Child
and Teen Immunization"
- IAC updates online "Ask the Experts" Q&A section related to human
papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine and disease
- IAC's Video of the Week presents an overview of the immune system
- For coalitions: 182 immunization coalitions have posted information on
www.izcoalitions.org--is yours one of them?
- MMRV vaccine VIS now available in Spanish, Chinese, Tagalog, and
Vietnamese
- Real Guys Immunize campaign spurs dads on to protect themselves and their
families against VPDs
- "CDC Features" discusses the importance of vaccination to protect children
and families against tetanus
- CDC issues "Summary of Notifiable Diseases--United States, 2008"
- Minutes of the February 2010 ACIP meeting now online
- PKIDs' June 29 webinar to outline how ImmunizeBC uses traditional and new
media to teach the merits of immunization
- Immunotherapeutics and Vaccine Summit scheduled for August 17-19 in
Cambridge, MA
Issue 874 - June 21, 2010
- New: June 2010 issue of Needle Tips is now online
- IAC creates a handout of resources for professionals to
respond to vaccine-hesitant parents and updates handout
on medical management of vaccine reactions in adults
- IAC's Video of the Week features older adults discussing
their recollections of vaccine-preventable diseases
- AAP issues policy statement on increasing immunization
coverage
- A CDC Commentary video on Medscape can help you reassure
your patients about the safety of HPV vaccine
- CDC updates information on supply of hepatitis A and
hepatitis B vaccines
- VIS for DTaP vaccine now available in Spanish, Chinese,
and Russian
- CDC's Adult Immunization 2010 webcast now available
online
- Hepatitis B Foundation to hold "B Informed Now!" workshop
in Los Angeles on June 26
Issue 873 - June 14, 2010
- Rotavirus vaccine is now contraindicated for infants diagnosed with severe
combined immunodeficiency
- IAC updates four handouts, including standing orders for PCV13 and "It's
federal law!"
- IAC's Video of the Week focuses on pneumococcal disease and PCV13 vaccine
- IAC's "Are you 11-19? Then you need to be vaccinated!" now available in 7
updated translations
- Michigan Department of Community Health offers adolescent immunization
toolkit
- Presentations from the National Influenza Vaccine Summit now available
online
- Rotavirus VIS now available in Spanish; MMRV VIS available in Indonesian
- Mark your calendar: August 5 is the date for "Immunization Update 2010"
- Register for CDC's July 1 Net Conference on vaccine administration
- WHO publishes third edition of "State of the World's Vaccines and
Immunization"
- MMWR reports on deaths and hospitalizations due to H1N1 influenza in
Greece
- Global Training Network invites healthcare professionals to try its pilot
program about vaccine safety
- New Jersey Learning Management Network schedules immunization program on
July 26
Issue 872 - June 7, 2010
- IAC updates handout about the importance of vaccination
- IAC's video of the week features news clip about an infant who died of
pertussis
- One & Only Campaign educates healthcare professionals and the public about
safe injection practices
- World Health Assembly adopts resolution to tackle childhood pneumonia
- CDC publishes MMWR report on surveillance for Guillain-Barre syndrome
after receipt of H1N1 influenza vaccine
- WHO issues position paper on polio vaccines and polio immunization in the
pre-eradication era
- Save the date: Vaccine Education Center to hold symposium on September 25
- Interim rotavirus VIS now available in Thai
- PKIDs' July 15 webinar will teach participants about successful social
marketing
Issue 871 - June 2, 2010
- Read "Ask the Experts" Q&As on current immunization issues
Issue 870 - June 1, 2010
- MMWR discusses licensure of bivalent human papillomavirus vaccine (HPV2,
Cervarix) for use in females and presents CDC's updated HPV vaccination
recommendations
- MMWR discusses licensure of quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccine
(HPV4, Gardasil) for use in males and presents CDC's guidance for its use
- New: CDC publishes interim VIS for MMRV vaccine
- Check out IAC's redesigned print materials section
- IAC develops new handout to help healthcare professionals administer
pneumococcal vaccines to children
- IAC updates "Do I need any vaccinations today?"
- AAP releases policy statement on the prevention of Streptococcus
pneumoniae infections in infants and children
- IAC's Video of the Week offers a personal perspective on chronic hepatitis
B virus infection
- Hep B Moms helps empower women so they can say, "Hep B stops with me"
- Interim VIS for pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) now available in
Indonesian
- CDC's Epidemiology & Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases course to
be offered in Colorado, July 12-14
Issue 869 - May
24, 2010
- Interim VIS for pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) now available in
Spanish, Arabic, and Chinese
- IAC updates its adult immunization chart "Vaccinations for Adults: You're
NEVER too old to get immunized!"
- IAC's Video of the Week strongly states that vaccination is the ONLY way
to prevent meningitis
- National Influenza Vaccine Summit announces recipients of its 2010
Immunization Excellence Awards
- During National Hepatitis Awareness month, President Obama, NVHR, and CDC
take steps to end the silence around hepatitis
- The just-published book "Expecting 411" includes vaccination information
for parents-to-be
- MMWR corrects its misstatement of the requirements for evidence of mumps
immunity for healthcare personnel
- International Papillomavirus Conference set for July 3-8 in Montreal
Issue 868 - May
17, 2010
- FDA revises its recommendations for rotavirus vaccine: clinicians can
resume use of Rotarix and continue use of RotaTeq
- New: CDC revises interim VIS for rotavirus vaccine
- IAC's "Hepatitis B shots are recommended for all new babies" now available
in Spanish and five other languages
- IAC's Video of the Week examines the growing bias against science,
including opposition to vaccination
- CDC provides information on the supply of shingles and MMRV vaccines
- Want to know more about using the new PCV 13 vaccine? A CDC Commentary
video on Medscape can help you
- PKIDs' June 10 webinar will focus on using social marketing to target
parents who are hesitant about vaccines
- Please take three minutes out of your day to give PATH feedback about its
Vaccine Resource Library
- MMWR publishes report on worldwide progress made toward interrupting wild
poliovirus transmission during 2009
- CDC reports on Regional Vaccination Weeks, held April 24 to May 1, 2010
- MMWR corrects errors in its April 30 interim report on seasonal influenza
coverage during August 2009-January 2010
- MMWR corrects an error in its April 2 interim report on H1N1 influenza
coverage during October 2009-January 2010
Issue 867 - May
12, 2010
- Please add your local, state, or national organization's name to the 317
Coalition's letter of general support for immunization funding--the deadline
is next Wednesday, May 19
Issue 866 - May
10, 2010
- CDC publishes recommendations for use of combination measles, mumps,
rubella, and varicella (MMRV) vaccine
- VIS for PCV7 vaccine is temporarily re-posted on CDC's and IAC's websites
- CDC announces Hepatitis Awareness Month
- CDC reports on the results of California's Adult Hepatitis Vaccine Project
during 2007-08
- CDC reports on U.S. rotavirus vaccination coverage among infants age 5
months during June 2006-June 2009
- Five more healthcare organizations join IAC'S Honor Roll for Patient
Safety
- Video presents a mother's account of the devastating effects pneumococcal
disease had on her children
- IAC updates the popular print piece "Are you 11-19 years old?" and two
other print pieces
- IAC updates its two standing orders for administering hepatitis A vaccine
- IAC updates online "Ask the Experts" Q&A section related to rotavirus
vaccine
- CDC reports on U.S. trends in hepatocellular carcinoma incidence during
2001-06
- Turkish translations available for IAC's parent-education piece on
hepatitis B vaccination and VIS for PCV13 vaccine
- MMWR corrects errors in "Human Rabies--Kentucky/Indiana, 2009," which was
published April 9, 2010
Issue 865 - May
3, 2010
- Reminder: April 2010 issues of Needle Tips and Vaccinate Adults available
online
- MMWR publishes ACIP's guidance for use of high-dose inactivated influenza
vaccine in people age 65 years and older
- IAC's Video of the Week is a rebroadcast of PBS's "The Vaccine War"
- Shingles vaccine VIS now available in Spanish
- MMWR presents state-by-state statistics on seasonal influenza vaccination
coverage during August 2009-January 2010
- Keep vaccinating against H1N1 and seasonal influenza!
- VISs for Gardasil and Cervarix human papillomavirus vaccines now available
in four translations
- MMWR corrects some references that appeared in the March 2010 ACIP
recommendations for rabies postexposure prophylaxis
Issue 864 - April 26, 2010
- New: April 2010 issue of Vaccinate Adults is now online
- Reminder: April 2010 issue of Needle Tips available online
- It's National Infant Immunization Week April 24-May 1: Check out how
childhood immunization is being promoted around the nation
- In support of National Infant Immunization Week, IAC's website features
videos that champion childhood immunization
- VISs for Gardasil and Cervarix human papillomavirus vaccines now available
in Spanish
- On Tuesday, April 27, "The Vaccine War" will air on PBS's Frontline
program
- Pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPSV) VIS now available in Hmong,
Russian, Spanish, and Tagalog
- Keep vaccinating against influenza this spring, and be sure to give
pneumococcal vaccine when indicated
- "CDC Features" encourages parents to get pre-teens and teens vaccinated
against meningococcal disease
- May 26-28 National Conference on Immunization and Health Coalitions to
feature many notable speakers
- ACIP meeting scheduled for June 23-24 in Atlanta; registration deadlines
are in early June
Issue 863 - April 19, 2010
- New! April 2010 issue of Needle Tips is now online
- IAC updates "Summary of Recommendations for Childhood and Adolescent
Immunization" and "Summary of Recommendations for Adult Immunization"
- New: CDC publishes VIS for PCV13 vaccine
- IAC's Honor Roll for patient safety updated; related editorial added
- IAC's Video of the Week features animated descriptions of how immunization
works
- AIM Provider Toolkit includes great resources to help you vaccinate
patients
- American Pharmacists Association publishes immunization handbook
- Paul Offit's "Autism's False Prophets" now available in paperback
- Japanese encephalitis VISs for JE-VAX and Ixiaro vaccines now available in
five translations
- MMWR reports on recent U.S. influenza activity and composition of 2010-11
influenza vaccine
- Keep vaccinating against H1N1 and seasonal influenza!
- PKIDs' webinars to focus on various components of social media
- International Rotavirus Symposium scheduled for August 2-3 in
Johannesburg, South Africa
Issue 862 - April 12, 2010
- Pediatrics publishes article about gaps in perinatal hepatitis B
prevention
- IAC updates online "Ask the Experts" Q&A section related to pneumococcal
conjugate vaccine (PCV)
- April 28 webinar will feature Dr. Paul Offit discussing how to communicate
scientific information
- IAC's Video of the Week explores the deadly 1918 influenza pandemic
- "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Vaccinations" is an excellent resource for
patients and parents
- MMWR reports on case of human rabies and provides infection control
recommendations for personnel performing autopsies on decedents with confirmed
or suspected rabies infection
- National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) announces new blog
- PKIDs' May 4 webinar to focus on social marketing
- Two IAC parent-education pieces now available in Farsi
- Meeting on HIV/AIDS vaccine development to be held in New York City on May
19
- Errata: MMWR makes corrections to its report on H1N1 influenza vaccination
coverage of healthcare personnel
Issue 861 - April 9, 2010
- It's time to contact your U.S. senators to ask them to increase
immunization funding
Issue 860 - April 7, 2010
- Read "Ask the Experts" Q&As on current immunization issues
Issue 859 - April 5, 2010
- New: CDC publishes new interim VISs for HPV vaccines--one VIS for Gardasil
and one for Cervarix
- Increase in H1N1 influenza in Southeastern U.S. underscores the need to
keep vaccinating against H1N1 and seasonal influenza
- Influenza vaccination coverage increases among U.S. healthcare personnel
during August 2009-January 2010
- MMWR reports state-by-state H1N1 vaccination coverage during October
2009-January 2010
- IAC's Video of the Week focuses on the importance of adult immunization
- Reminder: National Infant Immunization Week is set for April 24-May 1; CDC
has resources for planning and promotion
- March issue of CDC's Immunization Works electronic newsletter available
online
- "CDC Features" educate the public about pertussis and mumps
- Reminder: the National Immunization Conference will be held April 19-22 in
Atlanta
- Two viral hepatitis training videos now available online
Issue 858 - March 29, 2010
- CDC and FDA publish Q&As for providers and parents about temporary
suspension of Rotarix (GSK)
- Global organizations release statements on the use of Rotarix vaccine
- MMWR reports on H1N1 influenza in pregnant women who require intensive
care
- 2010 U.S. immunization schedules available in a variety of formats
- IAC updates two resources for parents, one on hepatitis B vaccine for
babies and one on rotavirus vaccine
- Keep vaccinating against influenza this spring and be sure to also give
pneumococcal vaccine when indicated
- IAC's Video of the Week teaches young adults about the value of
immunization
- PPSV and multi-vaccine VISs now available in Thai
- IAC posts updated Turkish translations of three popular parent pieces
Issue 857 - March 22, 2010
- CDC Health Advisory notifies providers about FDA's recommendation to
temporarily suspend use of GSK's Rotarix vaccine
- MMWR publishes CDC's recommendations for the use of a reduced (4-dose)
vaccine schedule for postexposure prophylaxis to prevent human rabies
- MMR vaccine VIS now available in Yiddish
- Video presents a mother's powerful narrative of her son's decade-long
struggle with complications from chickenpox
- Keep vaccinating against H1N1 and seasonal influenza!
- Nearly 8 million Afghan children to benefit in latest United Nations polio
vaccination drive
- Free CME webinar: American College of Preventive Medicine's "H1N1--Lessons
Learned" webinar is scheduled for March 24
- California Immunization Coalition's 2010 Summit is planned for May 3-4 in
Sacramento
Issue 856 - March 15, 2010
- MMWR discusses licensure of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine and
presents CDC's recommendations for its use among children
- MMWR discusses licensure of a meningococcal conjugate vaccine (Menveo) and
presents CDC's guidance for its use
- MMWR publishes CDC's recommendations for use of Japanese encephalitis
vaccines
- IAC corrects information about ACIP's provisional recommendations for
universal influenza vaccination, which appeared in the March 8 issue of IAC
Express
- CDC Health Advisory notifies providers about potential cases of mumps
during the current multi-state outbreak
- Vaccine Court rules that thimerosal-containing vaccines do not cause
autism
- MMWR publishes report on invasive pneumococcal disease in young children
before licensure of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine
- Important: Register for CDC's April 1 Net Conference on the new ACIP
recommendations for PCV13 and meningococcal vaccine
- IAC updates seven translations of the adolescent immunization piece "Are
you 11-19 years old?"
- IAC's Video of the Week promotes a fund-raising campaign to prevent
pneumonia in children worldwide
- Updated anthrax vaccine VIS incorporates recommendations for the new
5-dose administration schedule
- Keep vaccinating against H1N1 influenza!
- Important: While you're vaccinating against influenza, be sure to
administer PPSV to all people with existing indications
- February issue of CDC's Immunization Works electronic newsletter is now
online
- Shingles vaccine VIS now available in Thai
- CDC website posts presentation slide sets and the live meeting archive
from the February ACIP meeting
- PKIDS' March 23 webinar to present an overview of social marketing; March
24 webinar to focus on identity management
- MMWR publishes report on progress made in 2009 toward poliomyelitis
eradication in Afghanistan and Pakistan
- Epidemiology in Action course set for April 26-May 7 at Emory University
in Atlanta
- International Papillomavirus Conference set for July 3-8 in Montreal;
early registration deadline is March 30
Issue 855 - March 8, 2010
- CDC posts provisional recommendations for universal inactivated influenza
vaccination in the 2010-11 U.S. influenza season
- CDC posts provisional recommendations for the use of 13-valent
pneumococcal conjugate vaccine among infants and children
- New: CDC publishes VISs for licensed Japanese encephalitis vaccine--one
VIS for Ixiaro and one for JE-VAX
- Two more healthcare organizations join IAC's Honor Roll for Patient Safety
- FDA advisory panel selects viruses for influenza vaccines to be used in
the U.S. during the 2010-11 influenza season
- IAC's Video of the Week features a boy's positive perspective on the
benefits of influenza vaccination
- Keep vaccinating against H1N1 influenza!
- CDC has resource to help providers talk with parents about vaccines
- IAC corrects inaccurate age indication for PCV13 vaccine that appeared in
the March 1 issue of IAC Express
- MMWR publishes a report on respiratory syncytial virus activity in the
U.S. during July 2008-December 2009
- Reminder: Deadline for regular registration for National Immunization
Conference is April 2
- National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention
publishes its Strategic Plan for 2010-15
- Scheduled for April 24, World Meningitis Day is a day of action to raise
awareness about meningitis and septicemia
- NFID's Annual Conference on Vaccine Research planned for April 26-28 in
Bethesda; early registration deadline is March 15
Issue 854 - March 3, 2010
- Use IAC's top-quality products to efficiently vaccinate patients and
effectively educate them about the importance of vaccination. For greater
discounts, make bulk purchases!
Issue 853 - March 1, 2010
- ACIP votes to recommend influenza vaccination for all people ages 6 months
and older
- ACIP votes to recommend replacing Prevnar (7-valent pneumococcal conjugate
vaccine) with Prevnar 13 (13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine); FDA
approves Prevnar 13
- WHO recommends viruses for influenza vaccines for use in the 2010-11
northern hemisphere influenza season
- IAC'S Video of the Week features blogger moms discussing if the
vaccine-autism debate is over
- IAC updates six translations of "When Do Children and Teens Need
Vaccinations?"
- IAC updates its "Quiz #1: Immunization" and "Quiz #2: Vaccine
Administration"
- Keep vaccinating against seasonal and H1N1 influenza!
- CDC offers health departments and coalitions lots of resources to plan for
and promote National Infant Immunization Week, scheduled for April 24-May 1
- "CDC Features" educates parents about Hib disease and vaccine
- MMWR publishes report about a case of presumptive abortive human rabies in
Texas in 2009
- PKIDS' March 4 webinar will teach the basics of social marketing; March 11
webinar to focus on Skype and instant messaging
- Reminder: NFID's Clinical Vaccinology Course is planned for March 12-14 in
San Diego
- Phacilitate's European Vaccine Forum scheduled for June 21-23 in Barcelona
Issue 852 - February 22, 2010
- Reminder: February 2010 issues of Needle Tips and Vaccinate Adults now
available online
- New: FDA approves Menveo meningococcal conjugate vaccine for use in people
ages 11 through 55 years
- Eight more organizations join IAC's Honor Roll for Patient Safety
- New: IAC's Image Library will educate staff and the public about the
importance of vaccination
- IAC updates its popular parent brochure "Hepatitis B shots are recommended
for all new babies"
- Keep vaccinating against seasonal and H1N1 influenza!
- Important: While you're vaccinating against influenza, be sure to
administer PPSV to all people with existing indications
- IAC's Video of the Week has lots of information about meningitis
prevention, diagnosis, and treatment
- Earn CE credit by viewing the new seasonal influenza module offered by
CDC's "You Call the Shots" web-based training course
- IAC corrects an H1N1 influenza vaccine recall announcement published in
the February 2010 issues of Needle Tips and Vaccinate Adults
- UNICEF announces Bangladesh will vaccinate 20 million children against
measles
- MMWR publishes report on an outbreak of influenza A (H1N1) on a Peruvian
navy ship in June-July 2009
- PKIDS offers a February 23 webinar about how to use blogs to communicate
immunization information
- Regular registration is now open for the May 26-28 National Conference on
Immunization and Health Coalitions
- Minnesota Coalition for Adult Immunization conference scheduled for March
19
Issue 851 - February 15, 2010
- New! February 2010 issue of Vaccinate Adults is now
online
- Reminder: February 2010 issue of Needle Tips now
available online
- IAC's popular laminated versions of the 2010 U.S.
child/teen and adult immunization schedules are now
available. Order a supply for your workplace today!
- IAC updates four print resources for providers and
patients, including standing orders and the "Reliable
Resources" patient handout
- A new Unprotected People Report is a mother's account of
rotavirus infection in her two youngest children
- Earn CME credit for watching the Discovery Health
Channel's 4-part "Vaccine Update" video series
- MMWR publishes an update on an ongoing mumps outbreak in
New York and New Jersey
- MMWR publishes a report on transmission of yellow fever
vaccine virus through breast-feeding in Brazil in 2009
- MMWR publishes report on progress in U.S. immunization
information systems in 2008
- March 19 is the nomination deadline for the 2010 Natalie
J. Smith, MD, Award
- PKIDS offers February 18 webinar about using Twitter to
communicate immunization information
- Immunize Nebraska conference scheduled for June 11 in
Omaha; early-bird registration deadline is May 28
Issue 850 - February 8, 2010
- New! February 2010 edition of Needle Tips is now online
- The Lancet retracts 1998 paper about MMR and autism by Wakefield, et al.
- CDC's Health Alert Network notifies clinicians about shortened shelf life
of certain lots of Sanofi Pasteur H1N1 vaccine in prefilled syringes
- IAC updates "Guide to Contraindications and Precautions to Commonly Used
Vaccines" and "Guide to Contraindications and Precautions to Commonly Used
Vaccines in Adults"
- IAC updates Spanish-language "When Do Children and Teens Need
Vaccinations?"
- "Adult Immunization: Shots to Save Lives" report released
- IAC's Video of the Week section features video clips for parents produced
by ECBT
- Check out IAC's redesigned VIS web section
- January issue of CDC's Immunization Works electronic newsletter recently
released
- Free "Shots 2010" software for the new adult, child, teen, and catch-up
immunization schedules now available
- "CDC Features" educates the public about cervical cancer and HPV vaccines
- Reminder: Early Bird registration for National Immunization Conference
ends February 19
- New hepatitis training resource from the University of Alabama available
online
Issue 849 - February 1, 2010
- CDC's Health Alert Network notifies clinicians about voluntary recall of
certain lots of Sanofi Pasteur H1N1 vaccine in prefilled syringes
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation pledges $10 billion to accelerate global
vaccine efforts
- PedvaxHIB again available for vaccination against Haemophilus influenza
type b
- MMWR reports on H1N1 influenza outbreaks in long-term-care facilities
- Keep vaccinating against seasonal and H1N1 influenza!
- CDC and Medscape present series of expert commentaries
- IAC's Video of the Week features HHS Secretary Sebelius visiting a
school-based H1N1 influenza vaccination clinic
- Compelling PSAs about adult immunization now available
- IAC revises "Seek emergency medical care if you or a family member shows
the signs below"
- IAC adds Indonesian-language VISs to its website
- WHO publishes the December 2009 meeting report of the Global Advisory
Committee on Vaccine Safety
Issue 848 - January 27, 2010
- Read "Ask the Experts" Q&As on new vaccine recommendations and licensures
Issue 847 - January 25, 2010
- Three more healthcare organizations join IAC'S Honor Roll for Patient
Safety
- IAC updates four print resources for patients and providers
- IAC'S Video of the Week features PBS program on the H1N1 influenza
epidemic
- Keep vaccinating against seasonal and H1N1 influenza!
- MMWR provides update on U.S. influenza activity
- MMWR article documents transfusion-related transmission of yellow fever
vaccine virus
- PKIDS offers January 28 webinar about its Communications Made Easy program
- "Be Confident!" campaign educates adolescents and parents about HPV and
cervical cancer prevention
- MMWR publishes data on H1N1 influenza vaccination coverage
- International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases scheduled for
July 11-14 in Atlanta
- International Neonatal & Maternal Immunization Symposium to be held March
26-28 in Turkey
Issue 846 - January 19, 2010
- New: 2010 U.S. Recommended Immunization Schedule for Adults is now
available
- CDC provides information for relief workers and others traveling to Haiti
- CDC publishes MMWR Early Release on H1N1 influenza vaccination rates
- March 1 is the nomination deadline for the 2010 National Influenza Vaccine
Summit's Immunization Excellence Awards
- CDC experts review and update IAC's online "Ask the Experts" Q&A section
related to Hib
- IAC's Video of the Week features a Canadian PSA about influenza
- HHS unveils new H1N1 influenza PSA campaigns targeted toward American
Indians and Alaska Natives
- Families Fighting Flu launches new education campaign
- Shot of Prevention blog offers immunization advocates a virtual place to
meet
- Institute of Medicine releases report on chronic hepatitis B and C
infection
- Live seasonal influenza VIS now available in Amharic
Issue 845 - January 11, 2010
- Reminder: January 2010 issue of Vaccinate Adults now available online
- New: CDC, AAP, and AAFP release the 2010 Recommended Immunization
Schedules for Persons Ages 0 Through 18 Years
- Check out IAC's redesigned VIS web section: it offers you speed, clarity,
and convenience
- It's National Influenza Vaccination Week: CDC's impressive collection of
resources will help you get the word out
- FDA approves high-dose seasonal influenza vaccine intended for use in
people ages 65 and older
- During National Influenza Vaccination Week, you'll want to view CDC's
collection of videos on seasonal and H1N1 influenza
- Important: While you're vaccinating against influenza, be sure to
administer PPSV to all people with existing indications
- New for parents: ECBT's video clip collection features vaccine experts
answering pressing questions about vaccination
- Reminder: CDC's January 28 Net Conference will cover the 2010 U.S.
immunization schedules--register soon
- PKIDS' Communications Made Easy program helps immunization educators
promote immunization to the public
- MMWR publishes report on patients hospitalized with H1N1 influenza at a
school in Hawaii in May 2009
- MMWR publishes report on patients hospitalized with H1N1 influenza in New
York City in May 2009
- February 1 is the abstract deadline for the National Conference on
Immunization and Health Coalitions
- ACIP meeting scheduled for February 24-25 in Atlanta; February 2 is
deadline for non-U.S. citizens to register
Issue 844 - January 4, 2010
- January 2010 issue of Vaccinate Adults focuses on seasonal and H1N1
influenza
- Reminder: January 2010 issue of Needle Tips now available online
- Scheduled for January 10-16, National Influenza Vaccination Week will
focus on 2009 H1N1 vaccine
- New: IAC now has a patient handout that lists emergency warning signs for
people with seasonal or H1N1 influenza and a piece that summarizes influenza
vaccine products
- January is Cervical Health Awareness Month: PKIDS video presents a
powerful incentive for HPV vaccination
- IAC updates sample standing orders for meningococcal and polio vaccination
- Vaccine Education Center videos now available on YouTube
- CDC posts Q&As for the public on human papillomavirus vaccine
- Register for the National Immunization Conference by February 19 to get
the early bird rate
- December issue of CDC's Immunization Works electronic newsletter recently
released
- NCIRD influenza materials are available for ordering or downloading
- Updated "Teaching Immunization for Medical Education" (TIME) modules are
available for downloading
- Discovery Health Channel's Vaccine Update offers free CME credit for
physicians
- MMWR publishes North Carolina study about the public's intent to receive
influenza vaccines
- MMWR reports on the impact of influenza-related school closings
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