Top Stories
- Immunize.org website launches new “Travel Vaccines” main page and adds travel vaccination content to vaccine-specific pages
- “Risk of Clade II Mpox Associated with Intimate and Nonintimate Close Contact Among Men Who Have Sex with Men and Transgender Adults—United States, August 2022–July 2023” published in MMWR
- Immunize.org updates its resource for healthcare professionals: “How to Administer Intranasal and Oral Vaccinations”
- Immunize.org updates “Implementing Hepatitis B Universal Adult Screening and Vaccination: Clinical Answers for Healthcare Professionals”
- National Adult and Influenza Immunization Summit shares updated resources to increase vaccination rates
- World Polio Day is October 24; encourage vaccination to end polio for good
- October is the time for you and your patients to get influenza vaccine; influenza disease activity is low nationally
- “Should RSV Vaccines or Antibody Be Discarded Seasonally?” Watch the 1-minute answer, part of the Ask the Experts Video Series on YouTube.
- Vaccines in the news
Immunize.org Website and Clinical Resources
- Spotlight on the Website: State Immunization Websites and Additional State Resources
- Recap: CDC posts 2024–25 COVID-19 Novavax vaccine standing orders templates and at-a-glance resources. Immunize.org updates “Checklist of Current Versions of U.S. COVID-19 Vaccination Guidance and Clinic Support Tools.”
Upcoming Events
- Virtual: Questions about our website? Get them answered live. It’s not too late to register for today’s Immunize.org Website Office Hours, October 16 at 4:00 p.m. (ET).
- Virtual: CDC offers archived COCA call, “Updates on Diagnostic Testing and Outpatient Treatment for COVID-19 and Influenza”; CE credit offered
- Reminder: Virtual: Watch October 23–24 ACIP meeting with wide-ranging discussion on vaccination recommendations, including pneumococcal, RSV, and COVID-19