IAC Express Issue
1,541
December 23, 2020 |
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Top Stories |
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Happy holidays from all of us
at IAC! We'll be back on
January 6, 2021 |
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FDA issues EUA for Moderna
mRNA vaccine after advisory
committee vote; fact sheets
published |
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ACIP recommends second
COVID-19 vaccine for use in
U.S.; IAC summarizes December
19 meeting and highlights clinical considerations for
use of
mRNA vaccines |
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ACIP provides interim
recommendation for people who
will be in Phases 1b and 1c of
COVID-19 vaccination priority groups in the United States |
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CDC updates web pages
featuring practical materials
for administration, storage,
and handling of each
authorized COVID-19 vaccine |
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MMWR Recap: CDC
publishes recommendations for
COVID-19 vaccines and phased
allocation: Moderna's vaccine in December 20 Early
Release and
Pfizer-BioTech's vaccine on
December 18 |
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CDC adds many more
ready-to-use materials to its
COVID-19 Vaccination
Communication Toolkit for
Medical Centers, Clinics, and
Clinicians |
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Becker's Hospital Review
publishes "Influenza
Vaccination Remains a Priority
Even as We Begin Rolling Out a
COVID-19 Vaccination Program"
by IAC
authors—find it on IAC's
mass-vaccination-resources.org
website |
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Voices for Vaccines releases
new podcast, "Dr. Offit Talks
COVID-19 Vaccines," with
answers to common COVID-19 questions |
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HRSA announces competition,
with up to 70 cash prizes
totaling $1 million, to
address declining vaccination coverage and well-child visits |
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IAC experts called on by news
media |
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Not-to-miss immunization
articles in the news |
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| Featured Resources |
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In IAC's "Video of the Week,"
the Alliance for Aging
Research acknowledges pandemic
stress and the importance of getting vaccinated against
COVID-19 |
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| Journal Articles and Newsletters |
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CHOP's Vaccine Education
Center publishes December
issue of Vaccine Update
newsletter |
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| On the Lighter Side |
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Watch this vintage PSA about
IAC Express from 2006, created
by CDC and aired many times on
CDC's "Immunization Update"
satellite broadcasts |
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IAC Express Issue
1,539
December 16, 2020 |
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Top Stories |
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FDA issues EUA for Pfizer-BioNTech
mRNA vaccine after its
advisory committee vote; fact
sheets published |
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ACIP recommends first COVID-19
vaccine for use in U.S.; IAC
summarizes guidance from
December 11–12 meeting |
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CDC launches V-Safe website
with information to encourage
vaccinee enrollment in new
post-vaccination
health-monitoring program |
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CDC adds many more
ready-to-use materials to its
COVID-19 Vaccination
Communication Toolkit for
Medical Centers, Clinics, and
Clinicians |
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CDC publishes "ACIP's Interim
Recommendation for Allocating
Initial Supplies of COVID-19
Vaccine—U.S., 2020" in December 11 MMWR,
previously
issued as an MMWR Early
Release on December 5 |
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FDA and CDC's advisory
committees prepare to review
Moderna's mRNA vaccine for
Emergency Use Authorization |
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CDC invites you to attend its
weekly partner calls with
updates on the COVID-19
response; Dr. Messonnier to be featured on December 21 call |
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Reminder: NCIRD leaders Drs.
Messonnier and Cohn presented
a webinar on COVID-19
vaccination implementation and
3,000 attended; now you can
watch the archived
presentations |
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First influenza-related
pediatric death for 2020–21
season reported; make sure all
your patients are getting
vaccinated |
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IAC Spotlight! On IAC's "View
All Materials" web page, you
can find links to more than
300 IAC patient handouts, staff education materials, and
slide sets |
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One additional university
requires flu vaccine to
protect staff and students—the
list continues to grow! |
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IAC enrolls one new birthing
institution into its Hepatitis
B Birth Dose Honor Roll; two
previously honored
institutions qualify for
additional years' honors |
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IAC experts called on by news
media |
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Not-to-miss immunization
articles in the news |
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Round Up: CDC, FDA, and other
organizations offer COVID-19
vaccination resources for
healthcare personnel and the
public |
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| Featured Resources |
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In IAC's "Video of the Week,"
JAMA Network describes
the types of vaccines being
developed for COVID-19 and how
they might induce immunity to
SARS-CoV-2 infection |
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IAC's "Vaccination and
COVID-19" gateway page offers
a collection of tools from
many organizations to sustain routine vaccination services
during the
pandemic |
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Reminder: Newly updated 65+
Flu Defense website
features tools and resources
for healthcare professionals
serving older adults |
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Great gift idea! IAC's
elegantly designed "Vaccines
Save Lives" black enamel pins
make wonderful holiday gifts
or workplace recognitions! |
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IAC's comprehensive
Vaccinating Adults: A
Step-by-Step Guide is
available for free download
either by chapter or in its
entirety (142 pages) |
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| Journal Articles and Newsletters |
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"Number of Childhood and
Adolescent Vaccinations
Administered before and after
the COVID-19 Outbreak in Colorado" published in JAMA
Pediatrics |
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| On the Lighter Side |
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In this sweet 2004 PSA from
the New Mexico Department of
Health, the former first lady
of New Mexico promotes timely
childhood vaccination |
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IAC Express Special Edition - Donate to IAC: Issue 1,538
December 15, 2020 |
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Please Support the Immunization
Action Coalition! |
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Please donate to IAC—our year-end appeal |
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• |
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Great gift idea! IAC's
elegantly designed "Vaccines
Save Lives" black enamel pins
make wonderful holiday gifts
or workplace recognitions! |
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IAC Express Special Edition -
MMWR Early Release: Issue 1,537
December 14, 2020 |
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FDA issues EUA for Pfizer-BioNTech
mRNA vaccine; ACIP votes to
recommend the vaccine for persons
16 years of age and older |
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FDA issues EUA for Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA vaccine after its advisory committee vote; fact sheets published |
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ACIP recommends first COVID-19 vaccine for use in U.S.; IAC summarizes guidance from December 11–12 meeting |
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IAC Express Issue
1,536
December 9, 2020 |
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Top Stories |
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FDA's advisory committee will
discuss and vote on Emergency
Use Authorization for Pfizer/BioNTech's
mRNA vaccine on December 10
and Moderna's
mRNA vaccine on December 17 |
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Watch the virtual ACIP
meetings on December 11 and
13; no registration is
required |
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"The Advisory Committee on
Immunization Practices'
Interim Recommendation for
Allocating Initial Supplies of COVID-19 Vaccine—United
States, 2020"
published in MMWR |
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NCIRD leaders Drs. Messonnier
and Cohn presented a webinar
on COVID-19 vaccination
implementation and 3,000 attended; now you can watch it
too |
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It's National Influenza
Vaccination Week. Keep
promoting flu vaccination with
resources from CDC's and IAC's websites. |
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IAC experts called on by news
media |
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Round Up: CDC, FDA, and other
organizations offer COVID-19
vaccination resources for
healthcare personnel and the
public |
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IAC Spotlight! IAC's "Laws and
Mandates by Vaccine" gateway
page compiles information
about state mandates for vaccinations in daycare, K-12,
and
post-secondary education
settings |
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Not-to-miss immunization
articles in the news |
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| IAC Handouts |
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IAC updates "Standing Orders
for Administering Zoster
Vaccine to Adults" template |
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IAC updates "Shingles
(Zoster): Questions and
Answers" and "Zoster Vaccine:
IAC Answers Your Questions" handouts for patients |
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In IAC's "Video of the Week,"
staff at Beth Israel Deaconess
Medical Center show off their
dance skills to a parody of "Shake It Off," reminding us
to
shake off the flu by getting
vaccinated |
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Reminder! Webinar on mass
vaccination strategies
archived on IAC's newest
website, Mass-Vaccination-Resources.org,
which also features abundant
resources for clinics |
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Great gift idea! IAC's
elegantly designed "Vaccines
Save Lives" black enamel pins
make wonderful holiday gifts
or workplace recognitions! |
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• |
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Newly updated 65+ Flu Defense
website features tools and
resources for healthcare
professionals serving older adults |
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| Journal
Articles and Newsletters |
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"Cooling to Reduce the Pain
Associated with Vaccination: A
Systemic Review" published in
Vaccine |
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| Conferences and Meetings |
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National Academy of Medicine
offers webinar on "COVID-19
Vaccines: The Realities of the
Next Steps" on afternoon/evening of December
9 |
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| On the Lighter Side |
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In this vintage PSA from U.S.
Department of Health,
Education, and Welfare, R&B
singer Bill Withers explains childhood diseases aren't from
the past |
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IAC Express Special Edition - Donate to IAC: Issue 1,535
December 8, 2020 |
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Please Support the Immunization
Action Coalition! |
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Please donate to IAC—our year-end appeal |
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Great gift idea! IAC's
elegantly designed "Vaccines
Save Lives" black enamel pins
make wonderful holiday gifts
or workplace recognitions! |
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IAC Express Special Edition -
MMWR Early Release: Issue 1,534
December 5, 2020 |
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ACIP’s Interim Recommendation on
Allocating COVID-19 Vaccine |
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CDC publishes "ACIP Interim
Recommendation for Allocating
Initial Supplies of COVID-19
Vaccine U.S., 2020" |
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NCIRD leaders Drs. Messonnier
and Cohn's webinar
presentation on COVID-19
vaccination implementation is
now available online |
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IAC Express Issue
1,533
December 2, 2020 |
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Top Stories |
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ACIP recommends healthcare
personnel and LTCF residents
for phase 1a of COVID-19
vaccination program; IAC
summarizes two ACIP meetings
held on November 23 and
December 1 |
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"The Advisory Committee on
Immunization Practices'
Ethical Principles for
Allocating Initial Supplies of
COVID-19 Vaccine—United
States, 2020" in
MMWR |
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CDC releases COVID-19 vaccine
training titled "General
Overview of Immunization Best
Practices for Healthcare Professionals" |
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CDC Vaccine Storage and
Handling Toolkit has been
expanded with a COVID-19
addendum |
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Reminder! CDC leaders Drs.
Nancy Messonnier and Amanda
Cohn to present "COVID-19
Vaccination Implementation and
the 'Vaccinate with
Confidence' Strategy" during
IAC webinar on December 3 |
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NVAC to discuss COVID-19
vaccines for pregnant women
and overall safety
surveillance on December 4 |
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National Influenza Vaccination
Week is December 6–12; promote
flu vaccination with resources
from CDC's and IAC's gateway
pages |
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Newly updated 65+ Flu Defense
website features tools and
resources for healthcare
professionals serving older
adults |
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"Prevent Shoulder Injuries
Caused by Missing the Deltoid
Muscle When Injecting
Vaccines," Dr. Wexler's
Technically Speaking monthly
column, available
on immunize.org |
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All institutions of higher
learning in Los Angeles County
plus four other colleges now
require flu vaccine for staff
and students. Do you know of
more? |
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Three healthcare organizations
join IAC's Influenza
Vaccination Honor Roll for
mandatory healthcare worker vaccination |
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IAC Spotlight! These updated
IAC staff and patient
educational materials were
released during October and November |
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Not-to-miss immunization
articles in the news |
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| IAC Handouts |
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Many updated translations
available for IAC's screening
checklists for
contraindications to vaccines
for children/teens and for
adults |
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| Vaccine
Information Statements |
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IAC posts new and updated
translations of VISs in
Albanian, Karen, and Hebrew |
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| Featured Resources |
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In IAC's "Video of the Week,"
lead physicians from HHS
assure us that any
FDA-licensed vaccine will be
safe and effective |
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Reminder: CDC releases
provider resources to aid in
patient conversations about
COVID-19 vaccines |
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Check out the
www.Give2MenACWY.org website
to enhance your efforts at
increasing rates of MenACWY
booster and other adolescent
vaccinations |
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Public television documentary
Protecting Health: Saving
Lives features 30-year history
of IAC. Please share. |
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Great gift idea! IAC's
elegantly designed "Vaccines
Save Lives" black enamel pins
make wonderful holiday gifts
or workplace recognitions! |
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| Journal
Articles and Newsletters |
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CDC publishes November issue
of Immunization Works
newsletter; subscribe for
monthly immunization
information |
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"Action Needed Now to Prevent
Further Increases in Measles
and Measles Deaths in the
Coming Years" published by Lancet |
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| Education and Training |
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AAP offers free, online course
titled "HPV Vaccine: When,
Why, and How" |
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AAP and CDC offer webinar
titled "Now Is the Time! Flu
Vaccination for People with
Special Healthcare Needs and
Disabilities" on December 9 |
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| On the Lighter Side |
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In this humorous 20-year-old
PSA from the Nevada Health
Division, a child in a boxing
ring knocks out childhood diseases with his secret
weapon |
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IAC Express Special Edition - Donate to IAC: Issue 1,532
December 1, 2020 |
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Please Support the Immunization
Action Coalition! |
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Please donate to IAC&our year-end appeal |
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Great gift idea! IAC's
elegantly designed "Vaccines
Save Lives" black enamel pins
make wonderful holiday gifts
or workplace recognitions! |
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IAC Express Issue
1,531
November 25, 2020 |
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Top Stories |
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Developer of third vaccine
candidate against COVID-19
(first adenovirus vector)
reports positive data at
interim analysis of phase 3
trial |
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CDC leaders Drs. Nancy
Messonnier and Amanda Cohn to
present "COVID-19 Vaccination
Implementation and the 'Vaccinate
with Confidence' Strategy"
during IAC webinar on December
3 |
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CDC releases provider
resources to aid in patient
conversations about COVID-19
vaccines |
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UNICEF and WHO issue call for
emergency action to avert
major measles and polio
epidemics due to pandemic disruptions of routine
vaccinations |
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WHO launches global strategy
to accelerate the elimination
of cervical cancer |
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IAC experts called on by news
media |
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AMA amends ethical guidance on
physicians who are not
immunized |
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IAC Spotlight! IAC’s Screening
Checklists gateway page offers
a variety of forms for
patients to fill out to
expedite vaccination |
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IAC's MenB Vaccination Honor
Roll adds a new college. Do
you know of others? |
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Voices for Vaccines releases
new podcast, "Tracking the
Anti-Vaccine Movement,"
featuring Erica DeWald from Vaccinate Your Family |
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Not-to-miss immunization
articles in the news |
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| Featured Resources |
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Reminder! Webinar on mass
vaccination strategies now
archived on IAC’s newest
website: Mass-Vaccination-Resources.org |
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IAC’s "Video of the Week"
features staff and diverse
phase-3 volunteers as they
participate in Covid-19
vaccine trials at Cincinnati
Children’s |
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Use IAC’s expanded "Repository
of Resources for Maintaining
Immunization during the
COVID-19 Pandemic" to catch up
patients who fell behind |
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IAC's elegantly designed
"Vaccines Save Lives" black
enamel pins make great gifts
for the holidays or staff recognition! |
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| Journal Articles and Newsletters |
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Three analytic papers review
key policy questions on
delivery, equitable access,
and pricing and treatments of COVID-19 vaccines |
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CHOP's Vaccine Education
Center publishes November
issue of Vaccine Update
Newsletter |
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"Prevalence of Hepatitis B
Vaccination Coverage and
Serologic Evidence of Immunity
among US-Born Children and Adolescents from 1999 to 2016"
published in JAMA |
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"Learning from Influenza
Vaccine Errors to Prepare for
COVID-19 Vaccination
Campaigns" published in ISMP
Medication Safety Alert |
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| Conferences and Meetings |
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FDA posts documents ahead of
its December 10 advisory
committee meeting on
SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine |
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| Education and Training |
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CDC posts video recording of
October 28–30 ACIP live,
virtual meeting |
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AAP announces new open access
PediaLink six-part course
titled "Preventing and
Treating Influenza during the
COVID-19 Pandemic" |
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| On the Lighter Side |
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In this vintage PSA from the
AAP, parents are reminded that
every child needs polio
vaccination |
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IAC Express Special Edition - Shop IAC: Issue 1,530
November 23, 2020 |
| "Vaccines Save Lives" Pins, Flu Buttons, Stickers,
and More from IAC |
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Great gift idea! IAC's elegantly designed "Vaccines Save Lives" black enamel pins make wonderful holiday gifts or workplace recognitions! |
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Hundreds of thousands shipped. Low prices. Order bright red "FLU VACCINE" buttons and stickers today! |
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Order IAC's child, adult, and lifetime immunization record cards—wallet-sized, designed to last |
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This holiday season, help spread reliable immunization information: "Like" or "Follow" IAC on social media |
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Please donate to IAC—our year-end appeal |
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IAC Express Issue
1,529
November 18, 2020 |
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Top Stories |
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• |
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Developer of second mRNA
vaccine candidate against
COVID-19 reports positive data
at interim analysis of phase 3 trial |
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• |
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CDC leaders Drs. Nancy
Messonnier and Amanda Cohn to
present "COVID-19 Vaccination
Implementation and the 'Vaccinate
with Confidence’ Strategy"
during IAC webinar on December
3 |
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AMA announces vaccine-specific
CPT codes for SARS-CoV-2
vaccines |
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IAC staff featured in CNN
article about complexities of
distributing SARS-CoV-2
vaccine |
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IAC Spotlight! IAC’s "Standing
Orders Templates for
Administering Vaccines"
gateway page contains
templates and related
resources to help healthcare
settings improve vaccination
rates for patients of all ages |
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Voices for Vaccines releases
podcast "Vaccinate the
Heartland!," featuring
testimonials from senators, a
state representative, and a
former White House
occupant |
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Reminder: IAC updates 24 Ask
the Experts web pages on
immunize.org |
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With more than 170 million
doses of flu vaccine shipped
across America, it’s now up to
you. Make sure all your patients are vaccinated! |
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Three additional universities
require flu vaccine to protect
staff and students—good news
for more campuses! |
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Not-to-miss immunization
articles in the news |
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Stay up to date on the latest
coronavirus information |
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| World News |
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CDC and WHO report on stalled
progress toward measles
elimination worldwide in this
week's MMWR and Weekly
Epidemiological Record |
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CDC and WHO report on
difficulties with routine
vaccination coverage worldwide
in this week's MMWR and
Weekly
Epidemiological Record |
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| Featured Resources |
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In IAC’s "Video of the Week,"
Stanford Medicine dreams of a
safe COVID-19 vaccine |
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IAC's bright red "FLU VACCINE"
buttons and stickers will help
you keep vaccinating against
flu. Order today! |
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• |
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IAC's "Vaccination and
COVID-19" gateway page offers
a collection of tools from
many organizations to sustain routine vaccination services
during the
pandemic |
|
|
|
• |
|
IAC's comprehensive
Vaccinating Adults: A
Step-by-Step Guide is
available for free download
either by chapter or in its
entirety (142 pages) |
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|
|
• |
|
Public television documentary
Protecting Health: Saving
Lives features 30-year history
of IAC. Please share. |
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| Education and Training |
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• |
|
National Academy of Medicine
and American Public Health
Association host "COVID-19
Vaccine Update: Development,
Approval, Allocation and
Distribution in the U.S." on
November 18 |
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| Conferences and Meetings |
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Watch the virtual ACIP meeting
on November 23; no
registration is required |
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| On the Lighter Side |
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• |
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In this 1976 PSA from the New
York State Department of
Health, "Piano Man" promotes
getting your flu shot! |
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IAC Express Special Edition - Donate to IAC: Issue
1,528
November 17, 2020 |
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Please support the Immunization
Action Coalition! |
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• |
|
Please donate to IAC—our year-end appeal |
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• |
|
IAC's elegantly designed
"Vaccines Save Lives" black
enamel pins make great gifts
for holidays or workplace
recognition! |
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IAC Express Issue
1,527
November 11, 2020 |
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Top Stories |
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Developers of mRNA vaccine
candidate against COVID-19
report positive data at
interim analysis of phase 3
trial |
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CDC releases executive
summaries of COVID-19
vaccination plans for all
states and jurisdictions |
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IAC updates 24 Ask the Experts
web pages on immunize.org |
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HHS issues letter to
health-professions schools
calling for compliance with
federal civil rights laws
protecting people living with
hepatitis B |
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IAC Spotlight! Looking for the
most frequently visited web
pages on immunize.org? IAC's
"Favorites" tab at the top of every web page brings you to
18 of
the most popular gateway pages
on IAC's website |
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Reminder! Webinar on mass
vaccination strategies now
archived and available for
viewing on IAC's newest
website: Mass-Vaccination-Resources.org. |
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CDC expects influenza activity
to increase in coming weeks.
Make sure all your patients
are vaccinated! |
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Not-to-miss immunization
articles in the news |
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| IAC Handouts |
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IAC updates its screening
checklists for
contraindications to vaccines,
one for children/teens and one
for adults |
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IAC updates "Strategies to
Improve Adult Vaccination
Coverage" |
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Revised! IAC expands "Vaccine
Injury Compensation Programs"
information sheet to include
new federal program for
COVID-19 vaccines |
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IAC updates hepatitis A and
polio Q&A handouts for
in-depth understanding of
these vaccines |
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| Vaccine Information Statements |
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IAC posts German translation
of the Influenza, Inactivated
or Recombinant, Vaccine
Information Statement (VIS) |
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| Featured Resources |
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CDC's new web page features
"No One Has Time for the Flu"
campaign to reach African
American and Hispanic adults |
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In IAC's "Video of the Week,"
CDC answers common questions
about the importance of flu
vaccination this season |
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Use IAC's expanded "Repository
of Resources for Maintaining
Immunization during the
COVID-19 Pandemic" to catch up
patients who fell behind |
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IAC's bright red "FLU VACCINE"
buttons and stickers will help
you keep vaccinating against
flu. Order today! |
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IAC's elegantly designed
"Vaccines Save Lives" black
enamel pins make great gifts
for the holidays! |
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| Journal Articles and Newsletters |
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CDC publishes October issue of
Immunization Works newsletter;
subscribe for monthly
immunization resources and information |
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CHOP's Vaccine Education
Center publishes October issue
of Vaccine Update Newsletter |
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"Strategies to Reduce Errors
Associated with 2-Component
Vaccines" published in
Pharmaceutical Medicine |
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"Incidence of Influenza during
Pregnancy and Association with
Pregnancy and Perinatal
Outcomes in Three
Middle-Income Countries: A
Multisite
Prospective Longitudinal
Cohort Study" published in
Lancet |
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| Education and Training |
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In Vaccine Education Center's
Current Issues in Vaccines
webinar on December 9, Dr.
Paul Offit will give update on SARS-CoV-2 vaccines |
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| On the Lighter Side |
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Vaccines create a wall of
protection around baby in this
1995 PSA featuring the
Birmingham Bulls hockey team |
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IAC Express Issue
1,526
November 4, 2020 |
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Top Stories |
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IAC summarizes October 2020
ACIP Virtual Meeting |
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CDC updates "Interim Guidance
for Routine and Influenza
Immunization Services during
the COVID-19 Pandemic" |
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CDC posts web-on-demand video,
"Influenza Update: 2020–21,"
discussing flu vaccination
during COVID-19, vaccine
storage and handling, and best
practices |
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Webinar on mass vaccination
strategies now archived and
available for viewing on IAC's
newest website:
Mass-Vaccination-Resources.org |
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"ACIP Updates Recommendations
on the Use of MenACWY and MenB
Vaccines," Dr. Wexler's
Technically Speaking monthly
column, is available on immunize.org |
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IAC Spotlight! These updated
IAC patient and staff
educational materials were
released during October |
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Influenza activity will
increase soon. Keep
vaccinating! |
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Six additional colleges and
universities require flu
vaccine to protect staff and
students—good news for more campuses! |
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Not-to-miss immunization
articles in the news |
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Stay up to date on the latest
coronavirus information |
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| IAC Handouts |
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IAC posts updated Spanish
translations of six handouts
for adults with high-risk
conditions: HIV, liver
disease, diabetes, heart
disease, lung disease, and
asplenia (those without a
spleen) |
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IAC posts updated Spanish
translations of "Vaccinations
for Men Who Have Sex with Men"
and "Protect Yourself from Hepatitis A and Hepatitis B: A
Guide
for Gay and Bisexual Men" |
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| Featured Resources |
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AIM releases white paper
titled "Flu Vaccination in a
Pandemic: Leadership Lessons
from Public Health
Immunization Programs" |
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NACCHO releases new resources
for the 2020–21 flu season,
including the "School-Located
Influenza Vaccination Toolkit" |
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In IAC's "Video of the Week,"
Voices for Vaccines executive
director discusses combating
vaccine hesitancy by explaining how vaccine
clinical trials work |
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IAC's bright red "FLU VACCINE"
buttons and stickers will help
you keep vaccinating against
flu. Order today! |
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Check out the
www.Give2MenACWY.org website
to enhance your efforts at
increasing rates of MenACWY
booster and other adolescent
vaccinations |
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Public television documentary,
Protecting Health: Saving
Lives, features 30-year
history of IAC. Please share. |
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| Journal Articles and Newsletters |
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"Implementation of a Mandatory
Influenza Vaccine Program: A
10-Year Experience" published
in Clinical Infectious
Diseases |
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"How Health Care Providers
Should Address Vaccine
Hesitancy in the Clinical
Setting: Evidence for
Presumptive Language in Making
a Strong
Recommendation" published in
Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics |
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| On the Lighter Side |
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In this 1998 PSA, "Cakewalk
Saturday," former first lady
of Oklahoma Cathy Keating
promotes timely childhood vaccination |
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IAC Express Issue
1,525
October 28, 2020 |
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Top Stories |
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CDC publishes "Vaccination
Coverage by Age 24 Months
among Children Born in 2016
and 2017—National Immunization
Survey-Child, United States,
2017–2019" in MMWR |
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Dr. Melinda Wharton issues
"Call to Action: Childhood
Vaccination Coverage," urging
immunization partners to recall children and
adolescents for missed
vaccinations |
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IAC updates its Ask the
Experts web pages on
meningococcal ACWY and
meningococcal B vaccines based
on new ACIP recommendations |
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CDC Foundation seeks
applications for grants
supporting community
organizations to strengthen
vaccine confidence |
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AMA, CDC, CDC Foundation, and
Ad Council partner to launch
"No One Has Time for the Flu"
campaign to reach African
American and Hispanic adults |
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Last season was the deadliest
influenza season for U.S.
children on record; be sure
all your patients are getting
vaccinated! |
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Two additional colleges and
universities require flu
vaccine to protect staff and
students—the list continues to
grow! |
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IAC Spotlight! Talking about
Vaccines: Alternative
Schedules |
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IAC enrolls five new birthing
institutions into its
Hepatitis B Birth Dose Honor
Roll; four previously honored institutions qualify for
additional years' honors |
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NFID launches new campaign
titled "Hepatitis B: Are You
at Risk?" |
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Not-to-miss immunization
articles in the news |
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| IAC Handouts |
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IAC updates "Influenza:
Questions and Answers" handout
for patients and parents |
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| Featured Resources |
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CDC launches new video on
timeliness of vaccination in
its animated video series for
parents, "How Vaccines Work" |
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In IAC's "Video of the Week,"
a physician and ACOG fellow
describes how he recommends
flu vaccine to pregnant women |
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Keep vaccinating against the
flu. IAC's bright red "FLU
VACCINE" buttons and stickers
can help. Order today! |
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Use IAC's expanded "Repository
of Resources for Maintaining
Immunization during the
COVID-19 Pandemic" to catch up
patients who fell behind |
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IAC's "Vaccination and
COVID-19" gateway page offers
a collection of tools from
many organizations to sustain routine vaccination services
during the
pandemic |
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| Education and
Training |
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Sabin Vaccine Institute and
UNICEF host "Misinformation: A
Strategic Approach" webinar on
October 29 |
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| Conferences and Meetings |
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Watch the 3-day, virtual ACIP
meeting October 28–30; no
registration is required |
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| On the Lighter Side |
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In this 2006 PSA from Every
Child By Two, former first
lady Rosalynn Carter promotes
timely childhood vaccination |
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IAC Express Special Edition - Shop IAC: Issue 1,524
October 27, 2020 |
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"VACCINES SAVE LIVES" BLACK ENAMEL
PINS, FLU VACCINE BUTTONS AND
STICKERS, AND MORE FROM IAC! |
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IAC's elegantly designed
"Vaccines Save Lives" black
enamel pins make great holiday
gifts or workplace
recognitions! |
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Flu season is here. Order your
bright red "FLU VACCINE"
buttons for staff and stickers
for patients today! |
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Order IAC's child, adult, and
lifetime immunization record
cards—wallet-sized, designed
to last |
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Every organization that
administers vaccines needs the
DVD Immunization
Techniques: Best Practices
with Infants, Children, and
Adults. Use for training
and as a refresher for
experienced staff! |
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Help IAC make vaccination go
viral on social media! |
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Increase vaccine awareness by
sharing the "History through
Film" webpage, featuring the
public television documentary
about IAC titled Protecting
Health: Saving Lives |
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IAC Express Issue
1,523
October 21, 2020 |
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Top Stories |
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Society for Healthcare
Epidemiology of America issues
policy statement that only
medical contraindications
should be accepted as a reason
for not receiving vaccinations—11
medical organizations now make
this recommendation |
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October 24 is World Polio Day! |
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CDC adds vaccine-specific
content for providers and the
public on its extensive
COVID-19 website |
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IAC updates its Ask the
Experts web pages on
administering vaccines,
storage and handling, MMR, and
HepB vaccine |
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Don't miss "Answering Key
Questions about COVID-19
Vaccines" published in JAMA |
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Two additional colleges and
universities require flu
vaccine to protect staff and
students—the list is growing! |
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Influenza season is
approaching. Keep vaccinating.
Remind patients to come in for
their flu vaccination! |
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Not-to-miss immunization
articles in the news |
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Stay up to date on the latest
coronavirus information |
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| IAC Handouts |
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IAC updates its
Spanish-language screening
checklists for
contraindications to
injectable and intranasal
influenza vaccines |
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IAC updates "Hepatitis B:
Questions and Answers"
informational handout for
patients and parents |
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| Featured Resources |
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Reminder: IAC's website,
Mass-Vaccination-Resources.org,
offers high-quality resources
to help jumpstart your mass vaccination efforts |
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In IAC's "Video of the Week,"
Dr. Bram Palache, co-founder
of the European Scientific
Working Group on Influenza, explains what's so frustrating
about
the influenza problem |
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IAC's elegantly designed
"Vaccines Save Lives" black
enamel pins make great gifts
for the holidays! |
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| Journal Articles and Newsletters |
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"Human Papillomavirus
Vaccination Coverage among Men
Who Have Sex with Men—National
HIV Behavioral Surveillance,
United States, 2017" published
in Vaccine |
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"Is It Lawful and Ethical to
Prioritize Racial Minorities
for COVID-19 Vaccines?"
published in JAMA |
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| Education and
Training |
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Watch Johns Hopkins University
and University of Washington's
6-part, archived symposium
titled "Preserving the Scientific Integrity of
Getting to
COVID-19 Vaccines: From
Clinical Trials to Public
Allocation" |
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Vaccine Confidence Project's
"COVID-19 and Influenza
Vaccine Confidence" webinar to
be held October 29 |
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NFID, ACHA, and NASN offer
webinar on importance of
routine vaccinations for
school children |
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Indiana Immunization Coalition
offers "Empowering Providers
to Become Influenza Vaccine
Champions" webinar on October
27 |
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Nevada Immunization Learning
Exchange offers "Influenza
Vaccination: Opportunities for
Pharmacists as Patient Advocates, Educators, and
Administrators" on October 27 |
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| On the Lighter Side |
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Just spray on Rubella-B-Gone
and life-threatening rubella
disappears in this 2003 video
parody |
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IAC Express Issue
1,522
October 20, 2020 |
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Ask the Experts: IAC Answers Questions about Meningococcal Disease and the Vaccines That Prevent It
As an additional service to
IAC Express readers, we periodically publish special editions such as this one, providing you with new and updated Ask the
Experts questions and answers from IAC experts. This issue includes Q&As about meningococcal disease and the use of MenB and MenACWY vaccines
based on updated ACIP recommendations published by CDC in September 2020.
You can find all of these questions and answers, plus more than a thousand others about vaccines and vaccine administration, on our Ask the Experts
gateway page at
www.immunize.org/askexperts.
IAC's team of experts includes Kelly L. Moore, MD, MPH (team lead); Carolyn Bridges, MD, FACP; William Atkinson, MD, MPH; and Deborah Wexler, MD. |
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Meningococcal Disease and
Vaccination |
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Q: How common is meningococcal
disease? |
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Q:
What groups are at increased
risk for meningococcal
disease? |
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Q: Where can I find the most
current meningococcal vaccine
recommendations? |
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Q: What meningococcal vaccines
are available in the United
States? |
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Q:
Can MenACWY and MenB vaccines
be given at the same visit? |
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Q: I have a patient with
paroxysmal nocturnal
hemoglobinuria who is being
treated with Soliris (eculizumab).
Should he receive
meningococcal vaccine? |
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Meningococcal B Vaccination |
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Q: Can you provide a
comprehensive overview of the
MenB recommendations? |
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Q:
Who is recommended to be
vaccinated against
meningococcal B disease? |
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Q: What kind of information
about MenB vaccine should be
considered with a patient when
conducting shared clinical
decision-making? |
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Q: Which groups should receive
a booster dose of MenB? |
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Q:
I know the primary series of
MenB vaccine should use the
same brand for all doses. Does
that also apply to booster
doses? |
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Q: Public health authorities
have declared a meningococcal
serogroup B disease outbreak
at my university and we are
now vaccinating all students
on campus. Some students
report having had a primary
series of MenB vaccine, but do
not have documentation of
which brand was used. What
should we do? |
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A, C, W, and Y Vaccination |
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Q: Can you provide a
comprehensive overview of the
MenACWY recommendations,
including those for
vaccinating younger children
and older adults who have risk
factors? |
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Q: Who is recommended to be
vaccinated against
meningococcal ACWY disease? |
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Q: Which people with risk
factors should receive booster
doses beyond the routinely
recommended adolescent doses
of MenACWY? |
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Q: Are the three MenACWY
vaccines interchangeable? |
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Q: Adults who are asplenic
need PCV13 and MenACWY. Does
the recommendation to separate
PCV13 and Menactra (MenACWY-D)
apply to adults as well as
children? |
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Q: Does the recommendation for
separation of DTaP and
Menactra (MenACWY-D) also
apply to children with
functional or anatomic
asplenia? |
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Q: If a child with a high-risk
condition receives MenACWY at
age 9 years (and a second
primary dose 8 weeks later),
should they receive a booster
dose at age 14 years (5 years
after the primary series), or
should they receive a dose at
age 16 years as recommended in
the routine schedule? |
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IAC Express Issue
1,521
October 14, 2020 |
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Top Stories |
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Tune in Thursday: IAC will
host "Mass Vaccination
Clinics: Challenges and Best
Practices" webinar on October
15 |
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FDA posts briefing document
for its advisory committee,
VRBPAC titled "Development,
Authorization and Licensure of
Vaccines to Prevent COVID-19" |
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CDC analysis of flu
hospitalization data shows
that people from racial and
ethnic minority groups are at
higher risk |
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Sawbones releases "Our 2020
Flu Shot Extravaganza" podcast,
an annual celebration of
influenza vaccination with answers to listeners'
questions |
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FluView reporting has begun;
be sure all your patients are
getting vaccinated! |
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AAP announces Virtual Visiting
Immunization Expert Initiative |
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IAC Spotlight! PowerPoint
Slide Sets gateway page
contains 13 presentations on
immunization topics; available
by request for your use |
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Voices for Vaccines releases
podcast "I Fought the
(Anti-Vaccine) Law," featuring
law professor Dorit Reiss |
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Not-to-miss immunization
articles in the news |
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| IAC Handouts |
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IAC revises its meningococcal
B standing orders template for
adolescents and adults |
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IAC updates "Meningococcal B
Vaccine: IAC Answers Your
Questions" and "Meningococcal
B Vaccine Recommendations by
Age and Risk Factor" |
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IAC updates "Meningococcal:
Questions and Answers,
Information about the Disease
and Vaccines" |
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IAC updates "Pneumococcal
Vaccination Recommendations
for Children and Adults by Age
and/or Risk Factor" |
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| Featured Resources |
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Explore a wealth of resources
on innovative approaches for
enhancing influenza and
general vaccination services |
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Check out the FLU+FORCE
website, a centralized
collection of trusted
information to help plan a
mobile flu vaccination clinic |
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In IAC's "Video of the Week,"
Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez
reassures parents that
children cannot get the flu
from the flu shot |
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Baylor University launches a
series of lessons and
activities to help teach
children and adolescents about
the importance of vaccines |
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Keep vaccinating against the
flu. IAC's bright red "FLU
VACCINE" buttons and stickers
can help. Order today! |
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| Journal Articles and Newsletters |
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CDC publishes graph showing
"Death Rates from Influenza
and Pneumonia among Persons
Aged >65 Years, by Sex and Age
Group—National Vital
Statistics System, United
States, 2018" in MMWR |
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"Ensuring Uptake of Vaccines
against SARS-CoV-2" published
in New England Journal of
Medicine |
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"Evaluating and Deploying
Covid-19 Vaccines—the
Importance of Transparency,
Scientific Integrity, and
Public Trust" published in New
England Journal
of Medicine |
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"Facebook Pages, the
'Disneyland' Measles Outbreak,
and Promotion of Vaccine
Refusal as a Civil Right,
2009–2019" published in American Journal of
Public Health |
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| Education and
Training |
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CDC's "Current Issues in
Immunization Webinar" on
influenza vaccination to be
held October 21 |
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25th Annual MIAP Pediatric
Immunization Skills Building
Conference to be held on
October 22 |
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| On the Lighter Side |
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In this 30-second PSA from
2000, lonely toys promote the
importance of varicella
vaccine for children |
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IAC Express Issue
1,520
October 7, 2020 |
|
Top Stories |
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CDC publishes "Influenza and
Tdap Vaccination Coverage
among Pregnant Women—United
States, April 2020" in MMWR |
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CDC publishes "Flu Vaccination
Coverage, United States,
2019–20 Influenza Season" via FluVaxView |
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CDC publishes "Influenza
Vaccination Coverage among
Health Care Personnel—United
States, 2019–20 Influenza
Season" via FluVaxView |
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National Academies of
Sciences, Engineering, and
Medicine releases final
consensus report: Framework
for Equitable Allocation of
COVID-19 Vaccine |
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Reminder: IAC will host "Mass
Vaccination Clinics:
Challenges and Best Practices"
webinar on October 15 |
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"Is It 0.25 mL or 0.5 mL? What
Is the Correct Dose of
Injectable Flu Vaccine for
Children Younger than 3?" Dr. Wexler's Technically Speaking
monthly
column is available on
immunize.org |
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Six additional colleges and
universities require flu
vaccine to protect staff and
students—good news on campus! |
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IAC Spotlight! These updated
IAC patient and staff
educational materials were
released during August and September |
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• |
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Order IAC's child, adult, and
lifetime immunization record
cards—wallet-sized, designed
to last! |
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• |
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Not-to-miss immunization
articles in the news |
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| IAC Handouts |
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IAC updates 2-page reference
table, "Guide to
Contraindications and
Precautions to Commonly Used
Vaccines," plus its cousin
focused on adult vaccines |
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| Featured Resources |
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In IAC's "Video of the Week,"
Dr. Melvin Sanicas explains
why you need to get the flu
shot every year and how the body responds to vaccination |
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Reminder: IAC's new website,
Mass-Vaccination-Resources.org,
offers high-quality resources
to help jumpstart your mass
vaccination efforts |
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• |
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Keep vaccinating against the
flu. IAC's bright red "FLU
VACCINE" buttons and stickers
can help. Order today! |
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| Journal Articles and Newsletters |
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• |
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"HPV Vaccination and the Risk
of Invasive Cervical Cancer"
published in New England
Journal of Medicine |
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• |
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CDC publishes September issue
of Immunization Works
newsletter; subscribe for
monthly immunization
information |
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"A Cross-Sectional Survey to
Evaluate Potential for
Partnering with School Nurses
to Promote Human
Papillomavirus Vaccination"
published in Preventing
Chronic Disease |
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"A Randomized Controlled Trial
of an Online Immunization
Curriculum" published in
Vaccine |
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| Education and
Training |
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• |
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The Ad Council offers webinar
on the upcoming flu
vaccination PSA campaign on
October 8 |
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Trust for America's Health
offers webinar titled
"Ensuring COVID-19 Vaccine
Access, Safety, and
Utilization: Building Vaccination Confidence in
Communities of Color" on
October 21 |
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| Conferences and Meetings |
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Watch the 3-day, virtual ACIP
meeting October 28–30; sign up
for public comment; no
registration is required |
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| On the Lighter Side |
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In this 30-second PSA from
1976, Larry Csonka from the
New York Giants warns flu can
hit you harder than even the meanest middle linebacker |
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IAC Express Issue
1,519
September 30, 2020 |
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Top Stories |
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• |
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CDC publishes "Meningococcal
Vaccination: Recommendations
of the Advisory Committee on
Immunization Practices, U.S.,
2020" in MMWR |
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IAC summarizes ACIP's third
special meeting on COVID-19
vaccination strategies |
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IAC updates 11 Ask the Experts
web pages |
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Organizing a mass vaccination
clinic? Plan to attend IAC's
how-to webinar on October 15,
2020 |
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Six additional colleges and
universities require flu
vaccine to protect staff and
students—the list grows! |
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October 1: NFID will hold its
annual influenza and
pneumococcal news conference |
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CDC publishes
"Travel-Associated Measles in
a Person Born Before
1957—Pinellas County, Florida,
2019" in MMWR |
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CDC releases "Digital Media
Toolkit" for 2020–21 flu
season |
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IAC Spotlight! "IAC in the
News" gateway page is a
collection of media articles
and appearances featuring IAC experts; we've been busy! |
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Not-to-miss immunization
articles in the news |
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Stay up to date on the latest
coronavirus information |
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| IAC Handouts |
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• |
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IAC updates its popular
resource titled "Summary of
Recommendations for Adult
Immunization (Age 19 Years and Older)" |
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IAC revises its meningococcal
ACWY standing orders templates
for both children/teens and
adults |
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IAC updates "Meningococcal
ACWY Vaccine Recommendations
by Age and Risk Factor" |
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| Official Releases and Announcements |
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September 28: World Rabies Day |
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| World News |
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World Health Assembly endorses
resolution titled
"Strengthening Global
Immunization Efforts to Leave
No One Behind" to extend
benefits of vaccines to
everyone, everywhere |
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| Featured Resources |
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In IAC's "Video of the Week,"
CDC reminds individuals to
roll up their sleeves for
their annual flu vaccine |
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IAC's "History through Film"
web page features PBS
documentary about 30 years of
IAC titled Protecting Health: Saving Lives. Please share. |
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• |
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It's time to start vaccinating
against flu. IAC's bright red
"FLU VACCINE" buttons and
stickers can help. Order
today! |
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• |
|
Use IAC's expanded Repository
of Resources for Maintaining
Immunization during the
COVID-19 Pandemic to catch up
patients who fell behind |
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• |
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IAC's new website,
Mass-Vaccination-Resources.org,
offers high quality resources
to help jumpstart your mass vaccination efforts |
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| Journal Articles and Newsletters |
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• |
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CHOP's Vaccine Education
Center publishes September
issue of Vaccine Update
newsletter |
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| Education and
Training |
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Families Fighting Flu and
Boost Oregon co-host webinar
about flu vaccine messaging on
October 2 |
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AAP and CDC collaborate to
offer webinar "Recommendations
for Influenza Prevention and
Treatment in Children: An
Update for Pediatric
Providers" on
October 8 |
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CDC's recorded webinar on
pneumococcal vaccines, as well
as 13 other segments in "The
Pink Book" weekly series, available now |
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| Conferences and Meetings |
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NPHIC and CDC virtually
co-host 2020 Health
Communication, Marketing and
Media Forum, October 6–8 |
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Register now for online NFID
Clinical Vaccinology Course,
November 15–17 |
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| On the Lighter Side |
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In this 30-second 2002 PSA
from U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services, babies
promote importance of
childhood immunizations |
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IAC Express Special Edition - Ask the Experts: Issue 1,518
September 29, 2020 |
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Ask the Experts: IAC Answers Questions about Influenza Vaccination for the 2020–21 Season
As an additional service to IAC Express readers, we periodically publish special editions such as this one, providing you with new and updated Ask the
Experts questions and answers from IAC experts. This issue includes 23 Q&As about influenza vaccination based on recently updated ACIP
recommendations.
To find the full set of IAC's
Ask the Experts influenza
vaccination Q&As, visit
www.immunize.org/askexperts/experts_inf.asp.
Looking for all of IAC's Ask the Experts Q&As on all other vaccines and their administration? More than a thousand Q&As are accessible from our Ask the
Experts gateway page at
www.immunize.org/askexperts.
IAC's team of experts includes Kelly L. Moore, MD, MPH (team lead); Carolyn B. Bridges, MD, FACP; William L. Atkinson, MD, MPH; and Deborah L.
Wexler, MD. |
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Influenza Vaccination Questions for the 2020–21 Season |
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Q: What's new in the 2020–21
influenza vaccine
recommendations? |
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Q:
Who is recommended to be
vaccinated against influenza? |
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Q: Which influenza vaccines
will be available during the
2020–21 influenza season? |
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Q: What are the changes to
vaccine viruses for the
2020–21 influenza season? |
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Q:
What are the new influenza
vaccines available for the
2020–21 influenza season? |
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Q: Which formulations of
influenza vaccines are
licensed for various age
groups? |
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Q:
Does ACIP prefer that
healthcare professionals
administer high-dose or
adjuvanted influenza vaccine
to people age 65 years and
older, or is
standard-dose influenza
vaccine acceptable? |
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Q: When does CDC recommend
starting influenza
vaccination? |
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Q: Should our practice
consider revaccinating our
high risk and older patients a
second time during the year
due to concerns with waning
immunity? |
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Q: Should Fluzone High-Dose
Quadrivalent, Fluad
(trivalent), or Fluad
Quadrivalent be administered
to patients younger than age
65 years? |
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Q: Does ACIP recommend one
influenza product over another
for pregnant women? |
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Q:
Which influenza vaccines can
we give to children? |
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Q: Please provide details
about the use of inactivated
influenza vaccine in children
younger than 3 years. |
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Q:
Which children younger than
age 9 years will need 2 doses
of influenza vaccine in this
influenza season? |
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Q:
Can a clinic vaccinate
children younger than age 3
years with influenza vaccine
taken from a multi-dose vial
of influenza vaccine? The
multi-dose vials
contain thimerosal as a
preservative. |
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Q: For whom is FluMist
Quadrivalent approved? |
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Q:
Is administering FluMist an
aerosol-generating procedure
requiring airborne precautions
during the COVID-19 pandemic? |
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Q: What types of personal
protective equipment do
healthcare personnel need for
administering vaccines? |
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Q: What are contraindications
and precautions for
inactivated influenza
vaccines? |
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Q: What are contraindications
and precautions for the
recombinant influenza vaccine
(Flublok)? |
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Q: What are the
contraindications and
precautions for FluMist? |
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Q:
What is the latest ACIP
guidance on influenza
vaccination and egg allergy? |
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Q: We are considering
co-locating our COVID-19
drive-through testing site and
influenza vaccination sites.
Can we vaccinate someone with
suspected or
confirmed COVID-19 infection? |
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Q:
Is it acceptable to draw up
vaccine into syringes at the
beginning of the day? If it
isn't, how much in advance can this be done? |
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IAC Express Issue
1,517
September 23, 2020 |
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Top Stories |
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HHS and DOD release CDC's
COVID-19 Vaccination Program
Interim Playbook and Operation
Warp Speed's "Strategy for
Distributing a COVID-19
Vaccine" |
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IAC is seeking guidance
documents on mass vaccination
strategies. Do you have any to
share? |
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IAC Spotlight! IAC's "History
through Film" web page
features PBS documentary about
30 years of IAC titled Protecting Health: Saving
Lives. Please
share. |
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• |
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IAC enrolls three new birthing
institutions into its
Hepatitis B Birth Dose Honor
Roll; seven previously honored institutions qualify for
additional years'
honors |
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Reminder: IAC's gateway page
"Vaccination and COVID-19"
offers a collection of tools
from many organizations to sustain routine vaccination
services
during the pandemic |
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• |
|
Not-to-miss immunization
articles in the news |
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| Featured Resources |
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• |
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In IAC's "Video of the Week":
On August 25, 2020, WHO
African Region was officially
declared free of wild poliovirus |
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• |
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Use our website
www.Give2MenACWY.org to
enhance your efforts at
increasing rates of MenACWY
booster and other adolescent
vaccinations |
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• |
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IAC's comprehensive
Vaccinating Adults: A
Step-by-Step Guide is
available for free download
either by chapter or in its
entirety (142 pages) |
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• |
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It's time to vaccinate against
flu. IAC's bright red "FLU
VACCINE" buttons and stickers
can help. Order today! |
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| Journal Articles and Newsletters |
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• |
|
CDC publishes "Decreased
Influenza Activity during the
COVID-19 Pandemic—United
States, Australia, Chile, and South Africa, 2020" in
MMWR |
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• |
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"Postmarketing Safety of
Vaccines Approved by the U.S.
Food and Drug Administration"
published in Annals of Internal Medicine |
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• |
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"Trends in
Human Papillomavirus
Vaccination in Commercially
Insured Children in the United
States" published in Pediatrics |
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| Education and
Training |
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CANVax and Immunize Canada
offer webinar "Influenza in
the Time of COVID: Hoping for
the Best, Planning for the Worst" on September 24 |
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Immunize Nevada offers webinar
"Challenges of Influenza
Vaccination during the
COVID-19 Pandemic: Racial and Ethnic Disparities" on
September 24 |
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• |
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Immunize Nevada offers webinar
"The Critical Importance of
Flu Prevention: Insights from
a Mother Whose Daughter Almost
Didn't Survive" on September
25 |
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| On the Lighter Side |
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Dr. John Clarke's creative rap
video during the 2009 H1N1 flu
pandemic puts a fresh spin on
flu prevention education from HHS |
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IAC Express Issue
1,516
September 16, 2020 |
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Top Stories |
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• |
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¡Viva México! An introduction
to immunization information
and advocacy in México |
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• |
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Reminder: IAC launches
Mass-Vaccination-Resources.org,
its new website offering high
quality resources to help
jumpstart your mass
vaccination efforts |
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|
• |
|
Reminder: IAC's gateway page "Vaccination
and COVID-19" offers a
collection of tools from many organizations to sustain
routine vaccination services
during the pandemic |
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• |
|
Paul Offit video interview
about COVID-19 vaccination
published by Medscape |
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• |
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IAC's Repository of Resources
for Maintaining Immunization
during COVID-19 Pandemic has
grown to nearly 200 resources
to help patients catch up on
missed vaccines |
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• |
|
IAC Spotlight! Check out the
many adolescent vaccination
resources on www.immunize.org |
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|
• |
|
Order IAC's child, adult, and
lifetime immunization record
cards—wallet-sized, designed
to last! |
|
|
|
• |
|
More colleges and universities
require flu vaccine to protect
staff and students—the list
grows! |
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• |
|
Healthy People 2030 goals
released by HHS, a set of
10-year national objectives |
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Meningitis B Action Project
released the results of their
healthcare personnel survey on
MenB patient discussions |
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• |
|
Not-to-miss immunization
articles in the news |
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• |
|
Stay up to date on the latest
coronavirus information |
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| IAC Handouts |
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• |
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New! IAC creates 1-page
"Protective Measures for
Vaccinating during the
Pandemic" |
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• |
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IAC updates its
contraindication screening
checklists for both
inactivated and live influenza
vaccines |
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• |
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IAC updates two of its popular
standing order templates for
administering influenza
vaccines, for children/teens
and for adults |
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IAC updates "Influenza
Vaccination of People with a
History of Egg Allergy" |
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IAC updates its parent handout
"Vaccines Work! CDC Statistics
Demonstrate Dramatic Declines
in Vaccine-Preventable
Diseases When Compared with
the Pre-vaccine Era" |
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| Featured Resources |
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Share Protecting Health:
Saving Lives, PBS documentary
about IAC, with colleagues and
friends on social media to
help widen the understanding
of the
importance of vaccines |
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In IAC's "Video of the Week,"
Dr. John Lynch explains why
flu vaccine is especially
important during the COVID-19
pandemic |
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| Education and
Training |
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• |
|
CDC's recorded webinar on
hepatitis B, as well as 11
other segments in "The Pink
Book" weekly series, available
now |
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• |
|
Immunize Colorado hosts
provider webinar "Maternal
Immunizations and Perinatal
Hepatitis B Prevention" on
September 22 |
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| On the Lighter Side |
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• |
|
Timeless 2003 PSA from HHS and
the Ad Council reminds you to
ask your doctor at every visit
if your child is being
vaccinated on schedule |
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IAC Express Issue
1,515
September 9, 2020 |
|
Top Stories |
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• |
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IAC launches Mass-Vaccination-Resources.org,
its new website offering high
quality tools and resources to
help jumpstart your mass
vaccination efforts |
|
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|
• |
|
Reminder: IAC's gateway page
"Vaccination and COVID-19"
offers a collection of tools
to sustain routine vaccination
services during the pandemic |
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• |
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Today, September 9! NFID
presents webinar on shared
clinical decision-making for
HPV immunization of adults |
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IAC Spotlight: IAC's Handouts
gateway page provides free
access to hundreds of
vaccination-related handouts
and fact sheets for healthcare
professionals and the public |
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Three healthcare organizations
join IAC's Influenza
Vaccination Honor Roll for
mandatory healthcare worker vaccination |
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• |
|
Not-to-miss immunization
articles in the news |
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| IAC Handouts |
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• |
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IAC updates two of its popular
vaccine administration
handouts on dose, route, site,
and needle size |
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• |
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IAC updates "Healthcare
Personnel Vaccination
Recommendations" with
information on MenB and
Tdap/Td vaccines |
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IAC updates its parent handout
"What If You Don't Vaccinate
Your Child? |
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| Featured Resources |
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• |
|
PBS documentary about IAC,
Protecting Health: Saving
Lives, makes a powerful case
for vaccination. Please share
with your colleagues and
friends on
social media! |
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• |
|
In IAC's "Video of the Week,"
the U.S. Surgeon General
reminds parents to get their
children vaccinated to prevent
serious diseases |
|
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|
• |
|
It's time to vaccinate against
flu. IAC's bright red "FLU
VACCINE" buttons and stickers
can help. Order today! |
|
|
| Journal Articles and Newsletters |
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• |
|
CDC publishes August issue of
Immunization Works newsletter;
subscribe for monthly
immunization information |
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ACIP Recommendations
Vaccine Information Statements 