Issue Number 66
March 29, 1999
CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE
- Spring/summer issue of "NEEDLE
TIPS" is available on the web and will be mailed this week
- What's in the latest issue of
"NEEDLE TIPS?"
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March 26, 1999
SPRING/SUMMER ISSUE OF "NEEDLE TIPS" IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AND WILL BE MAILED
THIS WEEK
The spring/summer 1999 issue of "NEEDLE TIPS & the Hepatitis B Coalition
News" is now available on the web (all 28 pages) and hard copies will be mailed this
week. To download a copy before your new issue arrives in the mail, click here:
http://www.immunize.org/nslt.d/n21/n21.pdf
(584,590 bytes)
WARNING: This is a very large file and some printers are unable to print a file this size.
For some helpful tips on downloading and printing PDF files, click here: http://www.immunize.org/nslt.d/tips.htm
If you cannot or do not wish to download the entire issue of NEEDLE TIPS you can view
and/or download only the articles you wish to read. See the item below.
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WHAT'S IN THE LATEST ISSUE OF "NEEDLE TIPS?"
The spring/summer 1999 issue of "NEEDLE TIPS" contains lots of new and practical
information. Don't forget that all of our materials are camera ready, copyright free, and
reviewed for technical accuracy by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
You can click on any of the following items to view and/or download them:
1. "Ask the Experts": CDC immunization expert, Dr. William Atkinson, answers
immunization questions and CDC hepatitis experts, Linda Moyer, RN, and Harold Margolis,
MD, answer hepatitis A and B questions.
For camera-ready format, click here:
http://www.immunize.org/nslt.d/n21/exprt21.pdf
(122,000 bytes)
For web text format, click here:
http://www.immunize.org/nslt.d/n21/exprt21.htm
2. "U.S. Surgeon General's Warning: 45,000 Adults Die Each Year in the U.S. from
Influenza, Pneumococcal and Hepatitis B Disease" by David Satcher, MD, PhD
For camera-ready format, click here:
http://www.immunize.org/nslt.d/n21/letter21.pdf
(27,573 bytes)
For web text format, click here:
http://www.immunize.org/nslt.d/n21/letter21.htm
3. "Today's Vaccine Paradox - Our success in immunization has become a major
liability" by Samuel L. Katz, MD, Professor Emeritus, Duke University Medical Center.
For camera-ready format, click here:
http://www.immunize.org/nslt.d/n21/paradx21.pdf
(22,839 bytes)
For web text format, click here:
http://www.immunize.org/nslt.d/n21/paradx21.htm
4. "Vaccine Highlights: Latest recommendations and schedules"
For camera-ready format, click here:
http://www.immunize.org/nslt.d/n21/vaccin21.pdf
(50,994 bytes)
For web text format, click here:
http://www.immunize.org/nslt.d/n21/vaccin21.htm
5. "Here's the Score - Hepatitis B vaccine is safe and effective" by Neal A.
Halsey, MD, Director, Institute for Vaccine Safety, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
For camera-ready format, click here:
http://www.immunize.org/nslt.d/n21/halsey21.pdf
(34,990 bytes)
For web text format, click here:
http://www.immunize.org/nslt.d/n21/halsey21.htm
6. What's Your State Doing? - documentation of which states have hepatitis B vaccination
laws for daycare, kindergarten, and/or middle school entry along with implementation
dates. Also included is a letter from U.S. Congressman Joe Moakley encouraging
states to pass laws that will help protect schoolchildren from hepatitis B.
For camera-ready format, click here:
http://www.immunize.org/nslt.d/n20/state20.pdf
(16,850 bytes)
For web text format, click here:
http://www.immunize.org/nslt.d/n20/state20.htm
7. "Unprotected People - Two deaths in a nursing home ignite a pneumococcal vaccine
campaign"
For camera-ready format, click here:
http://www.immunize.org/nslt.d/n21/story21.pdf
(23,390 bytes)
For web text format, click here:
http://www.immunize.org/nslt.d/n21/story21.htm
8. Revised! "Summary of Rules for Childhood Immunization" This table combines
the recommendations for childhood immunization onto one page. It now includes guidelines
for the use of rotavirus vaccine.
For camera-ready format, click here:
http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/rules1.pdf
(39,912 bytes)
For web text format, click here:
http://www.immunize.org/nslt.d/n17/rules1.htm
9. NEW FROM CDC! Rotavirus Vaccine Information Statement (VIS) - Interim. This Rotavirus
VIS was released on March 26th by CDC and carries the date of March 23, 1999, at the
bottom. This is the MOST CURRENT VERSION of the Rotavirus VIS. The copy you will find in
your mailed issue of NEEDLE TIPS on pages 11-12 contains the Rotavirus VIS dated 12/1/98.
At the time NEEDLE TIPS went to press, this was the most current Rotavirus VIS available.
Make sure to use the most current VIS dated 3/23/99.
10. "What Would Happen If We Stopped Vaccinations?" Use this article, provided
by the National Immunization Program of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to
convince people about the importance of vaccination.
For camera-ready format, click here:
http://www.immunize.org/nslt.d/n21/stop21.pdf
(47,770 bytes)
For the web text format, click here:
http://www.immunize.org/nslt.d/n21/stop21.htm
11. Sign up for IAC EXPRESS and get vaccine information delivered directly to your e-mail
box!
For camera-ready format, click here:
http://www.immunize.org/nslt.d/n21/iacx.pdf
(51,115 bytes)
For a web link, click here:
http://www.immunize.org/genr.d/ntn.htm
12. "If You Have Sex, Read This...And stop a killer STD from sneaking up on you"
by Lynda Liu (reprinted from Mademoiselle Magazine, February 1999) encourages young women
to get vaccinated against hepatitis B.
For camera-ready format, click here:
http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/4113sex.pdf
(25,358 bytes)
For the web text format, click here:
http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/4113sex.htm
13. "National Resources: There are many places that can help you!" A listing of
the newest immunization and hepatitis A and B resources discovered by the Immunization
Action Coalition along with a list of important phone numbers and websites.
For camera-ready format, click here:
http://www.immunize.org/nslt.d/n21/resour21.pdf
(29,935 bytes)
For the web text format, click here:
http://www.immunize.org/nslt.d/n21/resour21.htm
14. Need Help? Call your immunization, hepatitis, and VFC coordinators at your state
health departments. This is a list of telephone numbers for all state and U.S.
jurisdiction coordinators.
For camera-ready format, click here:
http://www.immunize.org/nslt.d/n18/coord18.pdf
(15,677 bytes)
For the web text format, click here:
http://www.immunize.org/nslt.d/n18/coord18.htm
15. Coalition Catalog: Immunization and hepatitis B videos, brochures, etc. Order one,
make copies!
For camera-ready format, click here:
http://www.immunize.org/nslt.d/n17/catalg1.pdf
(125,827 bytes)
For web text format, click here:
http://www.immunize.org/nslt.d/n17/catalg1.htm
16. Join the Coalition! A $50 annual membership will help support the Coalition plus
we'll send you a huge packet of all our printed materials, too! Click here http://www.immunize.org/nslt.d/n21/back21.htm
to find out how to join the Immunization Action Coalition. |
