- Correction: AAP and IAC correct an error in a CPT code description that appeared in the IAC EXPRESS of January 12
- New: 2005 Childhood Immunization Schedule and 2004-05 Adult Immunization Schedule now available for Palm OS handhelds
- Update: CDC continues to supplement its Influenza web section
- MMWR notifies readers about satellite broadcasts on Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases
- MMWR corrects error in a footnote in its article "Update: Influenza Activity--United States, 2004-05 Season"
- New CDC vaccine recommendations
- FDA vaccine approvals
- Newly released Vaccine Information Statements
- New immunization resources
- Current events
- Notable journal articles
- Ask the Experts special editions
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Issue 505: January 18, 2005
- New: FDA approves meningococcal polysaccharide diphtheria toxoid conjugate vaccine for persons ages 11-55 years
- Dr. John Ward accepts position as director of CDC's Division of Viral Hepatitis
- CDC issues an update of U.S. influenza activity during the 2004-05 influenza season
- New: CDC posts the 2nd printing of The Pink Book on its website
- Registration opens January 19 for CDC's satellite broadcast on Epidemiology & Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases
- Update: CDC continues to supplement its Influenza web section
- New: CMS demonstration project will provide influenza antiviral medicines to Medicare beneficiaries
- New: Preservative-free Td vaccine now available
- CDC reports that vaccination coverage for non-Hispanic African Americans trails coverage for non-Hispanic whites
- CDC reports African Americans have twice the incidence rate for hepatitis B and Streptococcus pneumoniae as whites
- Update: IAC revises several of its patient- and professional-education pieces
- WHO publishes the December 2004 meeting report of its Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety
- MMWR's notifiable disease statistics now include serogroup data for meningococcal disease
- MMWR notifies readers about QuickStats, a new feature on public health indicators and trends
Issue 504: January 12, 2005
- AAP website posts an overview of changes in vaccination administration procedure codes and their valuation for 2005
Issue 503: January 10, 2005
- Act soon: January 28 is the deadline for NIC's early-bird registration
- Coming soon: CDC's satellite broadcasts on Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases
- Summer camp for kids with hepatitis--send for an application before January 31
- New: PKIDs launches listservs for kids with hepatitis C and B
- Update: CDC continues to supplement its website with information related to the influenza vaccine shortage
- NFID releases report on the epidemiology of meningococcal disease among U.S. children, teens, and young adults
- Register today for CDC's January 19 immunization net conference on varicella case-based reporting
- CDC and UNC sponsor a satellite broadcast/webcast on vaccine shortages on January 28
- Indiana State Department of health will hold its "Immunization from A to Z" course on January 28
- World Vaccine Congress set for April 18-20 in Montreal
- International Society of Travel Medicine plans conference for May 1-5 in Lisbon
- NFID to hold its 2005 Conference on Vaccine Research on May 9-11 in Baltimore
- CDC reports on malaria transmission in resort areas of the Dominican Republic in late 2004
Issue 502: January 7, 2005
- CDC, AAP, and AAFP release the Recommended Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Schedule for 2005
Issue 501: January 3, 2005
- MMWR publishes ACIP's updated interim influenza vaccination recommendations for the 2004-05 influenza season
- Update: CDC continues to supplement its website with information related to the influenza vaccine shortage
- New: IAC screening questionnaires help providers determine if patients have contraindications to influenza vaccine
- Teleconference on starting local immunization coalitions is scheduled for January 11