- New CDC survey data show dismally low rates of adult immunization
- CDC's QuickStats give overview of strategies nursing homes used to encourage employee influenza vaccination in 2004
- AAP toolkit gives clinicians an extensive array of resources for caring for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Important: Be sure to give influenza vaccine throughout the influenza season--including the spring months
- CDC reports on influenza-testing and antiviral-agent prescribing practices in four states during 2006-07 influenza season
- New CDC vaccine recommendations
- FDA vaccine approvals
- Newly released Vaccine Information Statements
- New immunization resources
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- Notable journal articles
- Ask the Experts special editions
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Issue 706: January 22, 2008
- IAC updates its summaries of adult and child/teen immunization recommendations
- IAC updates many of its standing orders protocols for vaccine administration
- Brazil announces a yellow fever disease alert for tourists and diplomats; CDC strongly advises vaccination
- CDC announces temporary shortage of single-dose vials of yellow fever vaccine
- Important: Be sure to give influenza vaccine throughout the influenza season--from now through spring
- National Influenza Vaccine Summit's January 15 newsletter now available online
- CDC augments its Seasonal Flu web section with provider and patient information pieces
- Families Fighting Flu launches "Fighting Influenza" newsletter
- CDC's Travelers' Health web section posts bird flu information for those traveling to Asia for Lunar New Year
- IAC makes minor updates to its "Quiz #1: Immunization" and "Quiz #2: Vaccine Administration"
- January 16 issue of IAC's Hep Express electronic newsletter now online
Issue 705: January 14, 2008
- New: CDC, AAP, and AAFP release the 2008 Recommended Immunization Schedule for Persons Age 0-18 Years
- Article published in an AMA journal counters the recurrent and unsubstantiated claim that exposure to thimerosal in vaccines is a cause of autism
- January issue of CDC's Immunization Works electronic newsletter now available online
- IAC updates "Immunizations for Babies" and "When Do Children and Teens Need Vaccinations?"
- Here's a round up of IAC's newly translated print education materials for staff and patients
- Important: Be sure to give influenza vaccine throughout the influenza season--from now through spring
- VIS translation: Interim VIS for meningococcal vaccines now available in Turkish
- Reminder: January 15 is registration deadline for net conference on zoster disease/vaccine and adolescent immunization recommendations
- Slides and audio of AHIP's virtual seminar on "Medicare Part D and Vaccine Claims Submission" now available
Issue 704: January 7, 2008
- CDC reports on four states' collective public health response to a rabid kitten during summer 2007
- NCIRD adds information on vaccine safety monitoring to its Q&A on Hib vaccine recall
- Time's running out: January 25 is the early-bird registration deadline for the 2008 National Immunization Conference
- FDA's "A Parent's Guide to Kid's Vaccines" is an excellent resource on infant, childhood, and teen vaccination
- Important: Be sure to give influenza vaccine throughout the influenza season--from now through spring
- Reminder: CDC's series on Epidemiology and Prevention of VPDs ceases live broadcast; DVD and Internet formats planned
- Conference on Vaccine Research scheduled for May 5-7 in Baltimore; abstracts due February 15
- Use of the new International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis is required for yellow fever vaccine
- MMWR corrects pneumonia and influenza mortality data reported on December 14, 2007