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Immunize.org Contact Person |
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Julie Murphy
Immunize.org
2136 Ford Parkway
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Saint Paul, Minnesota 55116
Tel: +01 651-647-9009
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| The mission of Immunize.org is to increase immunization rates and prevent disease throughout the United States. We create and distribute educational materials for healthcare professionals and the public that enhance the delivery of safe and effective immunization services. We work to improve national and state vaccine policy. Immunize.org also facilitates communication about the safety, efficacy, and use of vaccines within the broad immunization community of patients, parents, healthcare organizations, and government health agencies. |
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January 12, 2022 |
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Press Release: Immunization Action Coalition (IAC) Announces Rebrand as Immunize.org |
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August 7, 2019 |
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Press Release:
Leading Medical and Public Health Organizations Highlight Critical Importance of the 16-year-old Immunization Visit: Healthcare professionals urged to improve low adolescent vaccination rates through focus on 16-year-old immunization visit |
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December 12, 2018 |
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Press Release:
Inaugural IAC Becky Payne Award Presented to Vaccinate
Your Family: The Next Generation of Every Child By Two |
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August 31, 2016 |
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Press Release:
Immunization Action Coalition Awarded $1.5 Million Grant
from CDC |
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July 27, 2016 |
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Press Release: Minnesota Groups Encourage Parents to Include Vaccinations on Their Back-to-School Checklists |
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| November 11, 2015 |
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Press Release: Leading Medical and Public Health Organizations Join the Immunization Action Coalition in Urging Health Care Professionals to Improve Second Dose Meningococcal Meningitis Vaccination Rates |
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| February 12, 2014 |
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Press Release: Leading Medical and Public Health Organizations Join
Efforts Urging Physicians to Strongly Recommend Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccination |
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| July 16, 2013 |
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Press Release: New IAC Guidebook Helps Birthing Institutions
Give birth to the end of Hep B |
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| March 25, 2013 |
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Press Release: Two Trailblazers in Immunization Join the Immunization Action Coalition |
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August 1, 2012 |
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Press Release: Minnesota Public Health Advocates Urge Parents to Get Their Kids Vaccinated Before School Starts |
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May 1, 2012 |
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Press Release: Immunization Action Coalition Will
Promote the 2012 Edition of The Vaccine Handbook |
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April 24, 2012 |
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Press Release: Immunization Action Coalition's Associate Director Receives Childhood Immunization Champion Award from CDC |
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March 7, 2012 |
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Press Release: Immunization Action Coalition's Director Receives Award from the American Pharmacists Association |
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November 16, 2011 |
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Press Release: Immunization Action Coalition's Director Receives National Recognition |
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October 25, 2011 |
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Press Release: Immunization Action Coalition Receives $1.4 Million Award from CDC |
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October 6, 2011 |
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Letter to Fernando Lugris, United Nations Environment Programme, regarding Intergovernmental Negotiations on Mercury, submitted by PATH; signatories include IAC and more than 20 professional associations and research program |
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| July 30, 2010 |
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IAC joined the American Academy of Pediatrics and 20 other
physician and public health organizations to file an amici curiae (friends of the
court) brief in Bruesewitz v. Wyeth, Inc. (No. 09-152, S.
Ct.), a case currently pending in the U.S. Supreme Court |
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| July 29, 2010 |
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Letter of appreciation to Dr. Nancy Snyderman, MSNBC's Chief Medical
Editor, who appeared on The Today Show to
discuss the recent pertussis outbreak in California and the
dangers of vaccine exemptors and how they put others around
them at risk of disease outbreak as well |
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| July 14, 2010 |
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Comments submitted to the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention concerning the draft guidance on preventing
influenza in healthcare settings (Federal Register, June 22,
2010) |
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| October 12, 2009 |
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Press Release: Patient Safety Clarion Call: Honoring Mandatory Influenza
Vaccination for Healthcare Workers |
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| May 28, 2009 |
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Letter to the Editor of the Star Tribune: IAC applauds the
editorial that recognized the parallels between the parents of
Danny Hauser and parents who fail to immunize their children
against life-threatening diseases |
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| May 26, 2009 |
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Letter
to the Honorable Secretary Kathleen Sebelius: IAC encourages
the Secretary to expand Medicare Part B benefits to cover all
vaccines recommended for adults 65 years and older by the
CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices |
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| May 22, 2009 |
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Letter to the United States Senate Finance Committee: IAC
calls for a reduction of cost-sharing for all vaccines
recommended for older Americans by ACIP and the consolidation
of all such vaccines under Medicare Part B |
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| January 21, 2009 |
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Letter of
appreciation to ABC Studios regarding episode of Private
Practice, which dealt with a fatal case of measles |
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| September 18, 2008 |
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Press Release: Immunization
Alliance Call to Action |
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| August 4, 2008 |
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Letter to CBS Evening News regarding report How Independent
Are Vaccine Defenders? originally broadcast on July 25, 2008 |
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| January 25, 2008 |
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Letter to ABC, Inc.
(television)
concerning "Eli Stone" episode containing vaccine misinformation
CDC
Key Messages for Responding to Inquiries Generated by the Fictional Television
Show “Eli Stone” Airing on ABC January 31 |
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| This page was updated on August 22,
2022. |
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| This page was reviewed on August 22,
2022. |
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