IZ Express
Our weekly email newsletter, IZ Express, has been in production since 1997 and currently has more than 55,000 subscribers. Each week, it provides up-to-date information about:
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Issue 506: January 24, 2005

  1. Correction: AAP and IAC correct an error in a CPT code description that appeared in the IAC EXPRESS of January 12
  2. New: 2005 Childhood Immunization Schedule and 2004-05 Adult Immunization Schedule now available for Palm OS handhelds
  3. Update: CDC continues to supplement its Influenza web section
  4. MMWR notifies readers about satellite broadcasts on Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases
  5. MMWR corrects error in a footnote in its article "Update: Influenza Activity--United States, 2004-05 Season"

Issue 505: January 18, 2005

  1. New: FDA approves meningococcal polysaccharide diphtheria toxoid conjugate vaccine for persons ages 11-55 years
  2. Dr. John Ward accepts position as director of CDC's Division of Viral Hepatitis
  3. CDC issues an update of U.S. influenza activity during the 2004-05 influenza season
  4. New: CDC posts the 2nd printing of The Pink Book on its website
  5. Registration opens January 19 for CDC's satellite broadcast on Epidemiology & Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases
  6. Update: CDC continues to supplement its Influenza web section
  7. New: CMS demonstration project will provide influenza antiviral medicines to Medicare beneficiaries
  8. New: Preservative-free Td vaccine now available
  9. CDC reports that vaccination coverage for non-Hispanic African Americans trails coverage for non-Hispanic whites
  10. CDC reports African Americans have twice the incidence rate for hepatitis B and Streptococcus pneumoniae as whites
  11. Update: IAC revises several of its patient- and professional-education pieces
  12. WHO publishes the December 2004 meeting report of its Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety
  13. MMWR's notifiable disease statistics now include serogroup data for meningococcal disease
  14. MMWR notifies readers about QuickStats, a new feature on public health indicators and trends

Issue 504: January 12, 2005

  1. AAP website posts an overview of changes in vaccination administration procedure codes and their valuation for 2005

Issue 503: January 10, 2005

  1. Act soon: January 28 is the deadline for NIC's early-bird registration
  2. Coming soon: CDC's satellite broadcasts on Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases
  3. Summer camp for kids with hepatitis--send for an application before January 31
  4. New: PKIDs launches listservs for kids with hepatitis C and B
  5. Update: CDC continues to supplement its website with information related to the influenza vaccine shortage
  6. NFID releases report on the epidemiology of meningococcal disease among U.S. children, teens, and young adults
  7. Register today for CDC's January 19 immunization net conference on varicella case-based reporting
  8. CDC and UNC sponsor a satellite broadcast/webcast on vaccine shortages on January 28
  9. Indiana State Department of health will hold its "Immunization from A to Z" course on January 28
  10. World Vaccine Congress set for April 18-20 in Montreal
  11. International Society of Travel Medicine plans conference for May 1-5 in Lisbon
  12. NFID to hold its 2005 Conference on Vaccine Research on May 9-11 in Baltimore
  13. CDC reports on malaria transmission in resort areas of the Dominican Republic in late 2004

Issue 502: January 7, 2005

  1. CDC, AAP, and AAFP release the Recommended Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Schedule for 2005

Issue 501: January 3, 2005

  1. MMWR publishes ACIP's updated interim influenza vaccination recommendations for the 2004-05 influenza season
  2. Update: CDC continues to supplement its website with information related to the influenza vaccine shortage
  3. New: IAC screening questionnaires help providers determine if patients have contraindications to influenza vaccine
  4. Teleconference on starting local immunization coalitions is scheduled for January 11

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