Issue 624 - Oct 9,
2006
- New: FDA approves additional influenza
vaccine; it is intended for use in persons age 18 years and older
- 2005 NIS data indicate influenza
vaccination rate for children ages 6-23 months doubled between 2003-4 and
2004-05
- CDC compares 2004 and 2005 BRFSS data on
influenza and pneumococcal vaccination rates for adults age 65 and older
- 2005 NIS data indicate slight increase in
hepatitis B vaccination rate of newborns compared with 2004 data
- New: October 2006 issue of Needle Tips
offers many resources for childhood, adolescent, and adult immunization
- New: American Lung Association launches
Faces of Influenza initiative
- New: IAC updates its "Notification of
Vaccination Letter" with space for HPV and shingles vaccines
- Teleconference on addressing parents'
concerns about vaccines scheduled for November 7
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Issue 623 - Oct 2,
2006
- Study of more than 2 million children
fails to link MMR or DTP vaccination with increased risk for
encephalopathy
- How's your state doing? 2005 BRFSS
provides influenza and pneumococcal vaccination rates for adults age 65
and older
- Congratulations! Dr. Nancy Cox, CDC
influenza expert, selected as Federal Employee of the Year
- Cardiologists strongly encouraged to
vaccinate their patients with inactivated influenza vaccine
- Updated for 2006-07: Online information
and guidance on influenza vaccine, antivirals, lab diagnosis, and more
- Advisory Committee on Immunization
Practices (ACIP) meeting scheduled for October 25-26 in Atlanta
- Proceedings from June 2006 ACIP meeting
now online
- American Public Health Association (APHA)
annual meeting planned for Boston on November 4-8
- New: September 28 issue of IAC's Hep
Express e-newsletter now online
- CDC updates online adult and adolescent
vaccine quiz for public
- New: IAC website posts Turkish-language
translations of five patient-education pieces
- 2006-07 Spanish-language VIS for
inactivated influenza vaccine now available in audio and video formats
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Issue 622 - Sep 25, 2006
- Recommendations for HIV testing in
healthcare settings published in MMWR Recommendations and Reports
- CDC publishes report on inadvertent
misadministration of meningococcal conjugate vaccine
- CDC releasing August 10 Immunization
Update broadcast in podcast format segments
- Heads up: November 1 is deadline for
abstracts for the 2007 National Immunization Conference
- Updated: IAC revises two pieces for
healthcare professionals
- CDC issues update on U.S. and
worldwide influenza activity during May 21–September 9, 2006
- CDC reports on measles-control
activities in Africa
- Earn continuing education credit
online by participating in interactive, case-based activities
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Issue 621 - Sep 18, 2006
- New: CDC releases interim VIS for
shingles (herpes zoster) vaccine
- Survey of 2005 vaccination rates of
U.S. children ages 19-35 months shows similar rates across racial and
ethnic lines
- CDC reports on state and local health
departments' response to U.S. varicella outbreaks during 2003-04
- 2006 National Adult Immunization Week
scheduled for September 24-30; promotional materials available
- IAC updates its two summaries of
immunization recommendations and other materials for healthcare
professionals
- National Influenza Vaccine Summit web
section posts materials on influenza vaccination of healthcare
professionals
- Massachusetts Medical Society website
posts the 2006 Employee Flu Immunization Campaign Kit
- Promote healthcare worker vaccination
with CDC's updated posters and flyers
- Don't delay: Add your influenza clinic
to the American Lung Association's popular Flu Clinic Locator website
- Article in FDA Consumer magazine
explains the basics of influenza vaccine selection and recommendations
- CDC's Influenza web section posts an
assortment of influenza information sheets for healthcare
professionals
- September issue of CDC's Immunization
Works electronic newsletter focuses on influenza vaccine
- Women in Government recommends HPV
vaccination for girls entering middle school
- MMWR issues corrections to the STD
treatment guidelines it published on August 4
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Issue 620 - Sep 11, 2006
- New: CDC releases interim VIS for
human papillomavirus vaccine
- Postexposure prophylaxis urged for
those exposed to rabid horse at Tennessee Walking Horse 2006 National
Celebration
- More than 100 million doses of
influenza vaccine will be produced for the U.S. market for 2006-07
- Influenza vaccine VISs available in
Spanish; other immunization educational pieces now in Arabic, Thai,
and Japanese
- New: Current Issues in Immunization
net conference to focus on avian influenza
- New: Federal government launches
Pandemic Influenza website in Spanish-language format
- Reminder that perinatal hepatitis B
virus (HBV) is a nationally notifiable condition
- September 7 issue of Hep Express
electronic newsletter available online
- CDC reports on 2006 measles outbreak
in Fiji
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Issue 619 - Sep 5, 2006
- IAC releases new and revised standing
orders for administering vaccines and managing vaccine reactions
- Updated: IAC revises three influenza
pieces
- IAC redesigns home page of website to
highlight new information
- Immunization Coalitions Technical
Assistance Center offering teleconference in October
- Contemporary Pediatrics offers
teleconference series on pediatric influenza immunization
- Late August issue of CDC's Pandemic
Influenza Update now available on IAC's website
- CDC adds information about vaccine
shortages to its website
- CDC provides information on new
micro-chip test for quick diagnosis of influenza strains
- WHO provides case definitions for
human infections with influenza A (H5N1) virus
- MMWR includes CDC's report on plague
in the United States
- Local immunization coalition
sponsoring conference in Kentucky
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Issue 618 - Aug 28, 2006
- New: CDC'S 2006-07 Flu Gallery
materials are ready for downloading
- Updated: IAC makes significant
revisions to the professional-education Q&A "Hepatitis B and the
Healthcare Worker"
- CDC reports 13 cases of plague in the
United States in 2006; presents case reports on six
- Updated: CDC adds information to its
HPV web section for patients and professionals
- CDC reports on completion of first
phase of laboratory containment of polioviruses in WHO's European
Region
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Issue 617 - Aug 22, 2006
- Do you have end-of-the-fiscal-year
dollars you need to spend? Consider a major purchase from IAC
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Issue 616 - Aug 21, 2006
- New: CDC posts the provisional
recommendations for use of HPV vaccine on the ACIP web section
- New: August 2006 issue of Vaccinate
Women is on the IAC website
- August issue of CDC's Pandemic
Influenza Update now available on IAC's website
- JAMA publishes study showing Hib
vaccination of infants in Kenya significantly reduces invasive Hib
disease rates
- Pharmacy-Based Immunization Summit
planned for September 13–14 in Arlington, VA
- 2006 Asian American Pacific Islander
Health Summit scheduled for September 14–16 in San Jose, CA
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Issue 615 - Aug 14, 2006
- New: CDC publishes recommendations for
preventing rotavirus gastroenteritis among infants and children
- Important: ACOG posts excerpts from
its recommendations for use of HPV vaccine on its website
- Attention: August 15 teleconference on
the upcoming 2006-07 influenza season to feature presentations from
CDC
- New: IAC develops form for healthcare
workers to sign if declining influenza vaccination
- New: August issue of CDC's
Immunization Works electronic newsletter now online
- Free: Two Spanish- and
English-language films on immunization now available from Migrant
Clinicians Network
- New VIS translations: VISs for
injectable and nasal-spray influenza vaccines now in additional
languages
- New: Thai-language VISs now available
for hepatitis A, Tdap, and rotavirus vaccines
- Free CME credits: Web-enhanced
teleconferences on adolescent immunization scheduled for August and
September
- Campaign underway to vaccinate
Lebanon's displaced children against measles and polio
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Issue 614 - Aug 8, 2006
- CDC releases guidelines for the
prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases
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Issue 613 - Aug 7, 2006
- New: HAN issues official Health
Advisory about a multi-state investigation of potential rabies
exposure at a summer camp
- ACIP publishes provisional
recommendations for prevention of tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis
among pregnant women
- ACIP updates provisional
recommendations for prevention of varicella
- August is National Immunization
Awareness Month
- MMWR publishes report on a pertussis
outbreak in an Amish community
- FDA approves influenza vaccines to be
manufactured for upcoming influenza season
- New BRFSS estimates for influenza and
pneumococcal vaccination coverage among adults available from CDC
- National Influenza Vaccine Summit
releases July newsletter
- Updated: IAC revises injection
technique piece for providers
- IAC adds HPV and herpes zoster pages
to its websites
- CDC releases guidelines for
vaccinating kidney dialysis patients and patients with chronic kidney
disease
- New: 2006-07 inactivated influenza VIS
available in audio and video formats
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Issue 612 - July 31, 2006
- ACIP's influenza recommendations now
finalized in MMWR Recommendations and Reports; correction is included
- "Ask the Experts" hepatitis B: New and
revised questions on IAC website!
- Interim VIS for Tdap vaccine in
Spanish and Chinese; interim VIS for meningococcal vaccine in Chinese
- Updated: IAC revises its "Screening
questionnaire for child and teen immunization"
- 2005-06 U.S. Influenza Season Summary
available online
- CDC website posts presentation slides
from the June 2006 ACIP meeting
- Free: Two pads each of VEC's
information sheets on thimerosal, hepatitis A, and pandemic influenza
- July issue of the Pandemic Influenza
Update now on the IAC website
- July 27 issue of Hep Express
electronic newsletter now online
- 146 immunization coalitions have
posted information on IAC's izcoalitions.org website--is yours one of
them?
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Issue 611 - July 24, 2006
- New: CDC website posts a web section
of HPV resources
- Updated: IAC revises its "Summary of
Recommendations for Adult Immunization" and three other adult
immunization pieces
- CDC's August 10 broadcast to cover
influenza, pertussis, rotavirus, and zoster vaccines and hepatitis A
recommendations
- New VIS translations: VISs for MMR
vaccine and hepatitis A vaccine now available in additional languages
- Web conference on starting and
maintaining an immunization coalition coming August 22; next Coalition
U course soon
- Educational seminar on HPV vaccine
scheduled for July 26 in Washington, DC
- CDC reports on progress toward polio
eradication in India, January 2005–June 2006
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Issue 610 - July 17, 2006
- CDC releases revised interim Tdap VIS
- AHA and ACC recommend influenza
vaccination for patients with cardiovascular disease
- CDC reports on 2004 varicella outbreak
among vaccinated children in Nebraska
- NACCHO devotes journal issue to
seasonal and pandemic influenza
- Clinical Vaccinology Course set for
November 3–5 in Atlanta
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Issue 609 - July 11, 2006
- Action needed ASAP. Call your U.S.
senators by Thursday, July 13, about signing the current immunization
appropriations letter
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Issue 608 - July 10, 2006
- VIS translation: Interim VIS for
rotavirus vaccine now available in Spanish
- July issue of CDC's Immunization Works
electronic newsletter now available on the NIP website
- New: HHS releases second part of its
pandemic influenza planning update
- WHO analyzes 205 confirmed cases of
human avian influenza from December 2003 to April 30, 2006
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Issue 607 - July 3, 2006
- New: CDC issues the latest ACIP
influenza recommendations in an MMWR Early Release
- New: ACIP votes to recommend human
papillomavirus vaccination for girls and women ages 9-26 years
- New: ACIP votes to recommend changes
in varicella vaccination
- New: Influenza VISs for 2006-07 season
now available on the CDC and IAC websites
- CDC website posts HPV vaccine fact
sheet for healthcare professionals and updates fact sheet for public
- June 29 issue of Hep Express
electronic newsletter now online
- New: Pediatric Dengue Vaccine
Initiative launches newsletter
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Issue 606 - June 26, 2006
- Breaking news: CDC urges awareness of
measles in Americans returning from Germany
- Teleconference on shingles and new
shingles vaccine is scheduled for July 18
- Free: Bulk copies of June 2006
Vaccinate Adults available while they last
- Reminder: Conference on Immunization
Coalitions is planned for Denver on August 9–11
- MMWR announces that June 27 is
National HIV Testing Day
- CDC issues update on progress toward
polio eradication in Pakistan and Afghanistan in January 2005–May 2006
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Issue 605 - June 19, 2006
- New: JCAHO establishes infection
control standards that address influenza vaccination for healthcare
staff
- VIS translations: Current VIS for
hepatitis A vaccine translated into Spanish and 10 other languages
- Updated: IAC revises many immunization
and hepatitis information pieces for parents, patients, and
professionals
- Time magazine selects CDC's Dr. Nancy
Cox as one of the Time 100: The People Who Shape Our World
- July 7 NIP net conference will cover
human papillomavirus (HPV), cervical cancer, and HPV vaccine and
recommendations
- July 20 NIP net conference to focus on
vaccine preparation and delivery and on 2006 influenza recommendations
- August 10 broadcast to cover
influenza, pertussis, rotavirus and zoster vaccines and hepatitis A
recommendations
- CDC issues an update on U.S. and
worldwide influenza activity in 2005-06 and on composition of 2006-07
influenza vaccine
- CDC issues "Summary of Notifiable
Diseases—United States, 2004"
- HHS announces final rule for smallpox
vaccine injury compensation
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Issue 604 - June 12, 2006
- FDA approves Gardasil, a vaccine to
protect females ages 9–26 years from cervical cancer and other
HPV-related diseases
- MMWR includes ACIP's updated
recommendations for control and elimination of mumps
- ACHA and CDC issue joint letter to
provide guidance for residential colleges regarding the current mumps
outbreak
- HAN issues CDC Health Update on
revised interim guidance for testing persons with suspected avian
influenza infection
- New: 2006 Red Book available in print
format at the end of June; preorders being accepted now
- Free: Order two pads of the Vaccine
Education Center's rotavirus information sheets at no charge
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Issue 603 - June 8, 2006
- It's better than ever: Adult
Immunization Record Card now includes space to record meningococcal,
Tdap, zoster, and HPV vaccines
- Laminated U.S. childhood and adult
immunization schedules are a must for every exam room
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Issue 602 - June 5, 2006
- MMWR issues an Early Release
announcing updated ACIP recommendations for control and elimination of
mumps
- NIP website posts provisional ACIP
recommendations for rotavirus vaccine for infants
- NIP updates interim VIS for Tdap
vaccine with information for adult vaccine recipients
- New: June 2006 issue of Vaccinate
Adults is in the mail and on the Web
- New: IAC website posts chart and U.S.
map showing which states have PCV mandates for daycare enrollees
- June Immunization Works electronic
newsletter available on the NIP website
- MMWR dedicates June 2 issue to
retrospectives on the AIDS epidemic, 1981–2006
- Reminder: All attendees to the June
29–30 ACIP meeting are required to register online
- Update: CDC website posts new HPV
vaccine fact sheet for the public
- Free: Migrant Clinicians Network makes
new Spanish-language immunization comic books available through June
16
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Issue 601 - May 30, 2006
- New: FDA licenses Zostavax, a vaccine
to protect persons ages 60 years and older against varicella-zoster
virus (shingles)
- IAC develops standing orders for
administering child and adult vaccines and updates patient and
professional immunization pieces
- Correction: Inaccurate information
about government funding appeared in May 22 issue of IAC Express
- MMWR includes CDC's report on current
multistate mumps outbreak
- Save the date: CDC's Immunization
Update 2006 broadcast is scheduled for August 10
- Pandemic influenza: Possible
human-to-human transmission of avian influenza reported in Indonesia;
CDC releases May Pandemic Influenza Bulletin
- June 27 teleconference will recap news
from the June 22 National Influenza Vaccine Summit
- Video webcast of NFID's May 18 media
forum on evolving issues in the prevention and treatment of influenza
available online
- Attention school nurses: Give It a
Shot toolkit offers lots of time-saving resources for promoting teen
immunization
- May 24 issue of Hep Express electronic
newsletter now online
- Sixth Annual B Informed Patient
Conference returning to San Francisco June 10–11
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Issue 600 - May 22, 2006
- Dr. Lee Jong-wook, WHO's
director-general, dies suddenly
- New: MMWR publishes updated ACIP
recommendations for hepatitis A vaccine
- CDC issues update about the current
multistate mumps outbreak
- ACIP recommends deferring
meningococcal conjugate vaccination for persons ages 11-12 years
because of limited supply
- Important: May 24 is new deadline for
your U.S. representative to sign immunization appropriations letter
- New: May 2006 issue of Needle Tips
offers many resources for childhood, adolescent, and adult
immunization
- Updated: IAC revises its Summary of
Recommendations for Adult Immunization with new vaccination
information
- Childhood immunization ranks second
among the 25 most valuable and cost-effective preventive health
services
- CDC's Advisory Committee on
Immunization Practices (ACIP) will meet June 29-30; advance
registration is recommended
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Issue 599 - May 15, 2006
- Action needed ASAP: Call your U.S.
representative about signing the current immunization appropriations
letter by May 18
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Issue 598 - May 15, 2006
- New: HAN issues official Health
Advisory about a case of human rabies infection in Texas
- May is Hepatitis Awareness Month
- CDC reports chronic HBV infection
among approximately 15% of newly tested Asian immigrants in New York
City
- CDC reports on hepatitis B vaccination
coverage of U.S. adults in 2004
- CDC reports on vaccine-preventable
child deaths and on Global Immunization Vision and Strategy for
2006–15
- New: Professional-education sheet
helps reduce confusion about similar-looking vials of Tdap, DTaP, and
Td vaccines
- Government website posts a viewer's
guide and Q&A section about the TV movie "Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in
America"
- Reminder: Deadline for early-bird
registration for Public Health and the Law conference is May 20
- CDC adds to and updates its Influenza
web section with information about avian influenza
- New: CDC reports on 13-month delay
between evaluation and diagnosis of autism in children
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Issue 597 - May 8, 2006
- New: White House releases
implementation component of the National Strategy for Pandemic
Influenza
- New: "Vaccines for Adolescents"
patient-education piece now on NIP website
- New: CDC website posts a fact sheet
for the general public about HPV disease and vaccine
- May issue of CDC's Immunization Works
electronic newsletter now available on the NIP website
- CDC's surveys of parents indicate at
least 300,000 U.S. children had autism in 2003-04
- For information on "Fatal Contact:
Bird Flu in America," contact your state health department's
communications office
- More than $1 billion awarded for
cell-based influenza vaccine; background information posted on CDC
website
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Issue 596 - May 1, 2006
- VIS news: Interim VIS for rotavirus
vaccine now available, as are translations for the current VIS for
hepatitis A vaccine
- Important: May 5 mumps teleconference
will feature speakers from CDC and the Iowa Department of Public
Health
- Mumps update: CDC posts fresh
information to its mumps web section
- CDC gathers resources related to the
new ACIP hepatitis recommendations on one web page
- CDC updates three avian influenza
resources on its Influenza web section
- New: April 26 issue of Hep Express now
available online
- CDC reports on worldwide progress
toward interrupting wild polio transmission during 2005–06
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Issue 595 - Apr. 24, 2006
- Access CDC's media advisory on mumps
outbreak online
- CDC enhances its mumps web page
- CDC offers online training in viral
hepatitis serology
- Vaccine Education Center offers three
new downloadable pieces
- CDC reports on National Infant
Immunization Week
- USAID website features avian influenza
resources
- Updated: IAC revises two print
education pieces
- CDC updates its Influenza web section
with current information about avian influenza
- Erratum: MMWR corrects error in its
April 11 and 14 reports on exposure to mumps during air travel
- May 16 teleconference to discuss
hepatitis vaccine programs and resources for immunization
coalitions
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Issue 594 - Apr. 18, 2006
- Laminated U.S. childhood and adult
immunization schedules are a must for every exam room
- Immunization Techniques video (VHS or
DVD) offers a low-cost way to give staff high-quality immunization
instruction
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Issue 593 - Apr. 17, 2006
- Important: Corrected CDC Health
Advisory presents information and guidance for the current mumps
outbreak
- MMWR publishes report alerting
healthcare providers about recent U.S. air travel by persons
infectious with mumps
- New: NIP website posts up-to-date
resources regarding the current mumps outbreak
- IAC posts another thimerosal resource
to its website homepage
- Updated: IAC revises "It's federal
law!" and other education pieces for health professionals and patients
- CDC updates its Influenza web section
with current information about avian influenza
- WHO issues guidelines for preparing
for and mitigating pandemic influenza in refugee and displaced
populations
- CDC publishes recommendations for
animal rabies prevention and control
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Issue 592 - Apr. 12, 2006
- CDC alerts healthcare providers that
persons infectious with mumps traveled by air in the U.S. between
March 26-April 2, 2006
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Issue 591 - Apr. 10, 2006
- IAC posts three thimerosal resources
to its website
- CDC issues an update on Guillain-Barre
Syndrome and receipt of Menactra vaccine
- Handouts and recordings of NIC
sessions now available online
- April issue of Immunization Works
summarizes information about NIP reorganization and name change
- New: April issue of CDC's Immunization
Works electronic newsletter now available online
- MMWR publishes report on the current
mumps epidemic in Iowa
- Avian influenza covered extensively on
the websites of CDC, NIAID, and WHO
- Reminder: Register soon for the April
20 Rotavirus net conference
- Public Health and the Law in the 21st
Century conference scheduled for June 12-14 in Atlanta
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Issue 590 - Apr. 3, 2006
- CDC reports on current mumps epidemic
in Iowa
- CDC releases updated hepatitis A VIS
- New: Two more excellent thimerosal
resources from Dr. Paul Offit are now online
- Society of Adolescent Medicine's
position paper on adolescent immunization published in Journal of
Adolescent Health
- IAC revises three hepatitis education
pieces for patients
- CDC updates its Influenza web section
- FDA approves the use of the antiviral
drug Relenza for preventing influenza, as well as treating it
- March 29 issue of Hep Express now
available online
- May 18–19 are the dates for North
Dakota's Vaccination Expedition 2006
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Issue 589 - Mar. 27, 2006
- New: AAP endorses CDC's hepatitis B
recommendations for infants, children, and adolescents
- Here's a resource to help you talk
with parents about thimerosal
- MMWR publishes ACIP's tetanus,
diphtheria, and pertussis recommendations for adolescents
- Current Issues in Immunization net
conference to focus on general recommendations and rotavirus
recommendations
- April 11 teleconference to discuss
human papillomavirus disease and vaccine
- HHS adds more influenza antiviral
medication to the nation's stockpile
- CDC adds to and updates its Influenza
web section
- Pandemic Influenza website adds
planning checklists for colleges/universities and child
care/preschools
- Updated: IAC revises a
Spanish-language adolescent immunization piece and a
professional-education piece
- Attention teens: Your PSA on
meningococcal disease could be featured on websites, a pod cast, and a
DVD
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Issue 588 - Mar. 20, 2006
- HHS releases two new pandemic
influenza planning guides and an update on related department
priorities
- CDC posts updated provisional Tdap
recommendations for adults online
- Build NIIW awareness with new English
and Spanish resources
- PATH's Rotavirus Vaccine Program
publishes newsletters and other resources
- CDC offers influenza chemoprophylaxis
and treatment guidelines for PDAs
- CDC reports on increased antiviral
medications sales before the 2005–06 influenza season in New York City
- CDC reports on inhalation anthrax
associated with dried animal hides
- CDC adds to and updates its Influenza
web section
- CDC issues update on U.S. influenza
activity during February 26–March 4, 2006
- Hib Initiative offers a free quarterly
email newsletter
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Issue 587 - Mar. 13, 2006
- New: Laminated U.S. childhood and
adult immunization schedules are a must for every exam room
- New: Current U.S. childhood and adult
immunization schedules now available for PDAs
- NIP schedules March 14–15
teleconference on promoting infant immunization through
Spanish-language media outlets
- March issue of CDC's Immunization
Works electronic newsletter now available on the NIP website
- MMWR focuses on public health response
to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in states other than Louisiana
- Erratum: MMWR corrects storage
information for live attenuated influenza vaccine
- CDC website posts presentation slides
from ACIP's February 21–22 meeting
- CDC updates its Influenza web section
with news about the geographic spread of avian influenza
- Pandemic influenza: new Update
newsletter and checklists for school districts and home healthcare
providers now available
- NFID issues Call to Action on
immunizing children with asthma against influenza
- CDC issues update on U.S. influenza
activity during February 19–25
- New: FDA issues draft guidelines for
accelerated development of seasonal and pandemic influenza vaccines
- CDC reports that during 1999–2004
global measles deaths were reduced 48 percent to 454,000
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Issue 586 - Mar. 6, 2006
- Dr. Paul A. Offit to deliver
Hilleman lecture at National Immunization Conference
- HHS secretary Mike Leavitt to
address NIC's opening plenary session
- HHS prepares for potential
influenza pandemic by buying additional antiviral medications
- CDC posts provisional ACIP
recommendations for wider use of varicella vaccine, including a
second dose during outbreaks
- New: CDC announces addition of
Hib module to its "You Call the Shots" training course
- CDC updates its Influenza web
section with news about the geographical spread of avian
influenza
- IAC's hepatitis website
celebrates five years of sharing good ideas!
- MMWR includes an article about
investigational product for varicella postexposure prophylaxis
- CDC reports on U.S. influenza
activity during February 12–18
- February 28 issue of IAC's Hep
Express newsletter now online
- B Informed patient conference
scheduled for June 10–11
- Points Across III health
promotion conference will introduce Coalition University
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Issue 585 - Mar. 3, 2006
- Unprotected People #84: Mississippi
boy dies from rabies; exposure to bats around home is likely source
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Issue 584 - Feb. 27, 2006
- New: CDC publishes recommendations for
preventing tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis in adolescents
- New: ACIP recommends new rotavirus
vaccine for infants
- New: ACIP expands its influenza
vaccine recommendation for children
- New: CDC reports an investigational
drug is available for postexposure varicella prophylaxis of high-risk
patients
- CDC issues two Health Updates about a
current case of inhalation anthrax in Pennsylvania
- CDC reports on an outbreak of mumps in
a New York summer camp during 2005
- CDC reports on the 2004–05 mumps
epidemic in the United Kingdom
- Avian influenza: WHO and CDC report on
rapid spread of the disease in birds
- Influenza vaccination recommendations
for healthcare personnel now in MMWR Recommendations and Reports
format
- Updated: IAC revises two
patient-education pieces
- Puzzled about the status of vaccine
licensures and recommendations? "Red Book Online" has current
information
- CDC reports on U.S. influenza activity
during February 5–11
- Attention immunization coalitions:
Meet 'n' Greet and teleconferencing opportunities are available in
March
- Reminder: March 6 is registration
deadline for meeting on management of hepatitis B virus
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Issue 583 - Feb. 20, 2006
- Errata: MMWR publishes corrections to
ACIP's hepatitis B recommendations for infants, children, and
adolescents
- New: CDC website posts numerous
resources to help you promote National Infant Immunization Week, April
22-29
- IAC updates patient-information pieces
on immunizations for people infected with HIV and/or hepatitis C virus
- February 16 issue of CDC's Pandemic
Influenza Update now available on IAC's website
- CDC updates its Influenza web section
with information about avian influenza outbreaks
- CDC reports on U.S. influenza activity
during January 29-February 4
- WHO's redesigned immunization website
is now live
- CDC reports that transmission of
resurgent wild poliovirus type 1 during 2002-05 has been interrupted
- Phacilitate Vaccine Forum scheduled
for June 19-21 in Amsterdam
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Issue 582 - Feb. 13, 2006
- New: CDC publishes recommendations for
influenza vaccination of healthcare personnel
- Don't miss it: Rosalynn Carter and
Betty Bumpers to speak at NIC's closing plenary
- New: 9th edition of the Pink Book now
available for downloading and ordering
- New: Spanish-language version of the
current Recommended Adult Immunization Schedule now online
- Your help is needed: Support the
National Hepatitis B Act, H.R. 4550
- February issue of CDC's Immunization
Works newsletter focuses on Dr. Anne Schuchat, the new NIP director
- NIP makes Td and Tdap resources
available online
- New: IAC and New York state
collaborate on a professional-education piece about the hepatitis B
birth dose
- Updated: IAC revises two
patient-education pieces
- MMWR includes article about new lab
test for diagnosing avian influenza in humans
- CDC adds to and updates its Influenza
web section
- HHS and Institut Pasteur to
collaborate on pandemic influenza preparedness
- February 2 issue of CDC's Pandemic
Influenza Update now available on IAC's website
- CDC reports on U.S. influenza activity
during January 22-28
- ICEID to be held in Atlanta on March
19-22; two related conferences also planned
- Minnesota Coalition for Adult
Immunization Conference set for March 10
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Issue 581 - Feb. 9, 2006
- FDA approves new rotavirus vaccine
- FDA approves new lab test for
detecting avian influenza in humans
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Issue 580 - Feb. 6, 2006
- The staff of IAC honor the memory of
Mark Wexler
- Involved with immunizing children
and/or teens? Be sure to sign up for this practical teleconference
- Federal government launches official
pandemic influenza website
- CDC posts hepatitis conference
presentations online
- CDC adds to and updates its Influenza
web section
- CDC reports on U.S. childhood
influenza vaccination coverage during the 2003-04 season
- Free: Free bulk copies of the latest
issue of Needle Tips (October 2005) are just a click away
- CDC reports on U.S. influenza activity
during January 15–21
- Updated: IAC revises a
vaccine-storage-and-handling piece for health professionals
- National Conference on Immunization
Coalitions extends abstract submission deadline to February 28
- CDC releases report on a case of
imported vaccine-associated paralytic polio
- Sign up for February continuing
education conference calls
- New: February 3 issue of IAC'S Hep
Express electronic newsletter now available online
- CDC issues guidelines for surveillance
of adverse reactions to smallpox vaccine
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Issue 579 - Jan. 30, 2006
- CDC releases Dear Colleague letter
about new recommendations to prevent perinatal hepatitis B virus
transmission
- Reminder: Epidemiology & Prevention of
Vaccine-Preventable Diseases satellite broadcast begins February 9
- Reminder: February 17 is deadline for
regular-price registration for the National Immunization Conference
- New: January 19 issue of CDC's
Pandemic Influenza Update now available on IAC website
- CDC's web section on avian influenza
has a link to WHO's updated information on global occurrences of the
disease
- New: Award-winning BBC documentary
"Fragile lives: Immunization at risk" now available on DVD
- New VIS translation: Spanish-language
version of the new rabies VIS now available on IAC's website
- Updated translations: Revised IAC
patient-education brochure on hepatitis B now available in Vietnamese
and Chinese
- Teleconference on working with
pharmacies to increase immunization rates is scheduled for February 14
- CDC adds to and updates its Influenza
web section with Spanish- and English-language materials
- CDC reports on U.S. influenza activity
during January 8-14
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Issue 578 - Jan. 23, 2006
- MMWR includes CDC's report on
adamantane resistance among influenza A (H3N2) viruses and interim
guidelines for use of antiviral agents
- WHO publishes the December 2005
meeting report of the Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety
- CDC adds to and updates its Influenza
web section
- Attention NIC attendees: The National
Immunization Coalitions (TA) Network needs your immediate feedback
- CDC reports on U.S. influenza activity
during January 1-7
- MMWR list of exams available for
continuing education credit includes three related to immunization and
viral hepatitis
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Issue 577 - Jan. 18, 2006
- CDC publishes an MMWR Dispatch on
Adamantane resistance among influenza A (H3N2) viruses and interim
guidelines for the use of antiviral agents
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Issue 576 - Jan. 17, 2006
- CDC issues official Health Advisory,
recommending against the use of Amantadine and Rimandatine for the
treatment or prophylaxis of influenza
- CDC issues interim VIS for hepatitis A
vaccine
- CDC issues updated VIS for rabies
vaccine
- Important information for those
planning on attending ACIP meetings
- HHS releases a pandemic influenza
guide for individuals and families
- AAFP publishes a pandemic influenza
vaccine prioritization guide for providers
- IAC adds web section of pandemic
influenza resources
- IAC adds autism web section to its
website for the public and health professionals
- Influenza update: CDC reports on
influenza activity during December 25–31, 2005
- VIS translation: IAC posts Haitian
Creole VIS for meningococcal vaccine
- CDC updates its influenza web section
- January issue of CDC's Immunization
Works electronic newsletter now available on the NIP website
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Issue 575 - Jan. 9, 2006
- NIP website posts the 2006 Childhood
and Adolescent Immunization Schedule and links to related materials
- New: NEJM reports on two studies
indicating that rotavirus vaccines in development are effective and
safe
- CDC provides online information about
the new hepatitis B recommendations
- Act soon: Deadlines for three
important CDC events are coming up fast
- CDC updates its Influenza web section
with materials on avian and seasonal influenza
- Influenza update: CDC reports on
influenza activity during December 18-24, 2005
- February 10 is nomination deadline for
the 3rd annual "Natalie J. Smith, MD, Award"
- MMWR Quick Stats show healthcare
settings that delivered or prescribed vaccines for persons younger
than 18 years in 2002-03
- New: January 6 issue of IAC's Hep
Express electronic newsletter now available online
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Issue 574 - Jan. 6, 2006
- CDC, AAP, and AAFP release the
Recommended Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Schedule for 2006
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Issue 573 - Jan. 4, 2006
- Start the New Year with a bargain:
Order IAC Adult Immunization Record cards by the case
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Issue 572 - Jan. 3, 2006
- New: ACIP releases hepatitis B
recommendations for infants, children, and adolescents
- Net conference on new hepatitis B
recommendations is scheduled for February 2; register by January 31
- Registration opens January 19 for
CDC's satellite broadcast on Epidemiology & Prevention of
Vaccine-Preventable Diseases
- CDC reports on 2001-03 pertussis
surveillance data
- World Health Organization reports on
pandemic influenza now available online
- Updated: IAC revises "It's federal
law! You must give your patients current Vaccine Information
Statements (VISs)"
- Russian-language VISs for influenza
and meningococcal vaccines are revised
- January 10 teleconference to offer a
preview and update on the National Conference on Immunization
Coalitions
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