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:
  • New CDC vaccine recommendations
  • FDA vaccine approvals
  • Newly released Vaccine Information Statements
  • New immunization resources
  • Current events
  • Notable journal articles
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Issue 707: January 28, 2008

  1. New CDC survey data show dismally low rates of adult immunization
  2. CDC's QuickStats give overview of strategies nursing homes used to encourage employee influenza vaccination in 2004
  3. AAP toolkit gives clinicians an extensive array of resources for caring for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
  4. Important: Be sure to give influenza vaccine throughout the influenza season--including the spring months
  5. CDC reports on influenza-testing and antiviral-agent prescribing practices in four states during 2006-07 influenza season

Issue 706: January 22, 2008

  1. IAC updates its summaries of adult and child/teen immunization recommendations
  2. IAC updates many of its standing orders protocols for vaccine administration
  3. Brazil announces a yellow fever disease alert for tourists and diplomats; CDC strongly advises vaccination
  4. CDC announces temporary shortage of single-dose vials of yellow fever vaccine
  5. Important: Be sure to give influenza vaccine throughout the influenza season--from now through spring
  6. National Influenza Vaccine Summit's January 15 newsletter now available online
  7. CDC augments its Seasonal Flu web section with provider and patient information pieces
  8. Families Fighting Flu launches "Fighting Influenza" newsletter
  9. CDC's Travelers' Health web section posts bird flu information for those traveling to Asia for Lunar New Year
  10. IAC makes minor updates to its "Quiz #1: Immunization" and "Quiz #2: Vaccine Administration"
  11. January 16 issue of IAC's Hep Express electronic newsletter now online

Issue 705: January 14, 2008

  1. New: CDC, AAP, and AAFP release the 2008 Recommended Immunization Schedule for Persons Age 0-18 Years
  2. Article published in an AMA journal counters the recurrent and unsubstantiated claim that exposure to thimerosal in vaccines is a cause of autism
  3. January issue of CDC's Immunization Works electronic newsletter now available online
  4. IAC updates "Immunizations for Babies" and "When Do Children and Teens Need Vaccinations?"
  5. Here's a round up of IAC's newly translated print education materials for staff and patients
  6. Important: Be sure to give influenza vaccine throughout the influenza season--from now through spring
  7. VIS translation: Interim VIS for meningococcal vaccines now available in Turkish
  8. Reminder: January 15 is registration deadline for net conference on zoster disease/vaccine and adolescent immunization recommendations
  9. Slides and audio of AHIP's virtual seminar on "Medicare Part D and Vaccine Claims Submission" now available

Issue 704: January 7, 2008

  1. CDC reports on four states' collective public health response to a rabid kitten during summer 2007
  2. NCIRD adds information on vaccine safety monitoring to its Q&A on Hib vaccine recall
  3. Time's running out: January 25 is the early-bird registration deadline for the 2008 National Immunization Conference
  4. FDA's "A Parent's Guide to Kid's Vaccines" is an excellent resource on infant, childhood, and teen vaccination
  5. Important: Be sure to give influenza vaccine throughout the influenza season--from now through spring
  6. Reminder: CDC's series on Epidemiology and Prevention of VPDs ceases live broadcast; DVD and Internet formats planned
  7. Conference on Vaccine Research scheduled for May 5-7 in Baltimore; abstracts due February 15
  8. Use of the new International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis is required for yellow fever vaccine
  9. MMWR corrects pneumonia and influenza mortality data reported on December 14, 2007

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