Top Stories
- “Effectiveness of 2024–2025 COVID-19 Vaccines in Children in the United States—VISION, August 29, 2024–September 2, 2025” published in MMWR
- Updated 65+ Flu Defense website offers resources for healthcare professionals serving older adults
- Respiratory viral illness rates are rising nationwide; vaccination helps protect health into the new year
- Immunize.org’s Influenza Vaccination Honor Roll for healthcare worker vaccination requirements welcomes three new facilities
- Immunize.org answers readers’ question: Will the Hepatitis B Birth Dose Honor Roll continue? Yes!
- Measles 2025—A bad year: 1,912 confirmed cases across 42 states; no signs of slowing in 2026 without improved vaccination rates
- “Late Season Influenza Vaccination”: watch the 1-minute video, part of the Ask the Experts Video Series on YouTube
- Vaccines in the news
- Happy holidays from everyone at Immunize.org! IZ Express will return on January 7.
Notable Publications
- “Noninferiority of One HPV Vaccine Dose to Two Doses” published in NEJM
- Three recent publications of large European studies comparing effectiveness of high-dose and standard influenza vaccines in preventing adult hospitalization
- “The Effect of Shingles Vaccination at Different Stages of the Dementia Disease Course” published in Cell
- “COVID-19 mRNA Vaccination and 4-Year All-Cause Mortality Among Adults Aged 18 to 59 Years in France” published in JAMA
Upcoming Events
- Today! Virtual: Public Health Communications Collaborative hosts webinar “Better Communication for Better Health: A Conversation with Christina D. Eskridge” on December 17 at 2:00 p.m. (ET).
- Virtual: Register for Immunize.org Website Office Hours. Join a 30-minute discussion about our Vaccines A–Z content on January 7 at 4:00 p.m. (ET) or January 8 at 12:00 p.m. (ET). Recorded sessions archived.
- Virtual: CHOP’s Vaccine Education Center hosts film premiere of Forgetting to Remember: Lessons from a Vaccine Lost and panel discussion on January 13 at 1:00 p.m. (ET)