New Releases: Licensures, Recommendations, and Resources
Look here first for newly released VISs from CDC, recommendations from ACIP, vaccine policy statements from AAP, and clinically relevant press releases.
Date Source Formats Title
5/15/08 ACIP html
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ACIP Recommendations: Prevention of Herpes Zoster
5/15/08 ACIP html Press Release: CDC Recommends Shingles Vaccine
5/14/08 ACIP html
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ACIP Recommendations: Prevention of Pertussis, Tetanus, and Diphtheria Among Pregnant and Postpartum Women and Their Infants
5/7/08 ACIP html
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ACIP Recommendations: Human Rabies Prevention--United States, 2008
5/9/08 NFID html
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A Report on Best Practices: Immunizing Healthcare Personnel Against Influenza (developed with input from The National Influenza Vaccine Summit)
5/7/08 CDC html Press Release: National Influenza Summit Meeting in Atlanta (May 12-13) to Address 2008 - 2009 Influenza Vaccine Issues
5/5/08 ACIP pdf ACIP: Guidance for Vaccine Recommendations in Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women, April 2008
5/1/08 CDC pdf (0-6 yrs)
pdf (7-18 yrs)
pdf (Catch up)
CDC Schedules: Spanish-language version of 2008 Childhood, Adolescent, and Catch-up Immunization
Schedules
5/1/08 CDC html
html
Transcript and Fact Sheet: CDC Update on Measles Outbreaks in United States
4/28/08 CDC html Immunization Safety Office: Gardasil vaccine reports to VAERS (ISO plans to update VAERS data three times a year to coincide with ACIP meetings)
4/25/08 PHF/CDC html
html
Second printing of "The Pink Book" (10th Edition of Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases) is available for purchase and downloading
4/24/08 CDC html Press Release: National Infant Immunization Week Reminds Parents of the Importance of Immunizations
4/23/08 CDC doc
pdf
Vaccine Supply: Update from CDC regarding Hib vaccine shortage
4/19/08 CDC html National Infant Immunization Week, April 19-26, 2008
4/17/08 CDC html CDC Media Briefing Transcript: Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness
4/14/08 CDC pdf Draft Background Document: CDC's Immunization Safety Office Scientific Agenda
4/14/08 CDC html CDC Urges Travelers to Israel to Protect Themselves from Measles
4/10/08 CDC html 2008 NCIRD annual report available online
4/6/08 FDA html
pdf
FDA approves new rotavirus vaccine
4/4/08 ACIP html
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Updated ACIP Recommendation: Use of 7-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV7) in Children Aged 24--59 Months Who Are Not Completely Vaccinated
4/08 CDC html New: CDC offers an extensive online "Vaccine and Handling Toolkit
4/08 AAP pdf AAP Policy Statement: Recommendations for influenza immunization of children, 2007–2008
3/28/08 MMWR html MMWR Errata: Recommended Immunization Schedules for Persons Aged 0-18 Years--United States, 2008
3/21/08 ACIP pdf ACIP Provisional recommendations: Prevention and control of influenza (2008-2009 influenza season)
3/18/08 AAP pdf Facts for Parents about Autism and Vaccine Safety
3/14/08 ACIP pdf
html
Updated ACIP Recommendations: Administration of combination MMRV vaccine
3/14/08 CDC pdf VIS: MMR Vaccine (dated 3/13/08)
3/14/08 CDC pdf VIS: Varicella Vaccine (dated 3/13/08)
3/6/08 CDC html Correction: CDC corrects HPV vaccine regimen in the Catch-up Immunization Schedule
3/6/08 CDC html CDC Transcript of Media Briefing: Public health response to childhood vaccine safety
3/3/08 HRSA html Press Release: Statement by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) on Autism and the Vaccine Injury Program
3/3/08 CDC pdf
html
Vaccine Supply: What to do when giving the Hib vaccine during shortage
3/3/08 CDC html MMRV vaccine safety information for clinicians
2/29/08 CDC html VIS FAQs: Frequently asked questions about the multi-vaccine VIS
2/29/08 CDC html CDC Health Advisory: Influenza Antiviral Use for Persons at High Risk for Influenza Complications or Who Have Severe Influenza Illness
2/27/08 CDC html Press Release: CDC’s Advisory Committee Recommends Influenza Vaccination for Children 6 months through 18 years of Age (correction posted)
2/27/08 CIIC html Press Release: Childhood Influenza Immunization Coalition Applauds Expanded Influenza Vaccine Recommendation for Children
2/25/08 CDC html CDC's Immunization Safety Office (ISO) launches a new website
2/25/08 CDC html Vaccine Supply: Merck & Co., Inc. initiates a voluntary recall of specific lots of PedvaxHIB (Hib conjugate vaccine) and COMVAX (Hib conjugate and hepatitis B vaccine); it is estimated that these vaccines will be available again in fourth quarter 2008 (See note 1.)
2/21/08 FDA html FDA selects the influenza virus strain composition of next season's (2008-2009) influenza vaccine for use in the United States
2/14/08 WHO html WHO Announcement: Recommended composition of influenza virus vaccines for use in the 2008-2009 influenza season
2/13/08 CDC html Vaccine Supply: Merck & Co., Inc., are experiencing production delays for Pediatric and Adult hepatitis A vaccine (VAQTA)
2/12/08 NFID/CIIC pdf Press Release: Childhood Influenza Immunization Coalition Responds to Recent Influenza Outbreaks
2/8/08 WHO pdf WHO Position Paper: Typhoid Vaccines
1/31/08 AAP html Press Release: Babies Excrete Vaccine-Mercury Quicker than Originally Thought
1/30/08 CDC html CDC Health Advisory: Reporting of all influenza-associated pediatric mortality and Staphylococcus aureus co-infection, 2007-2008 season
1/30/08 CDC pdf VIS: Multiple Vaccines (dated 1/30/08)
1/30/08 CDC html VIS News: Multi-vaccine VIS posted
1/30/08 CDC pdf CDC Key Messages for Responding to Inquiries Generated by the Fictional Television Show “Eli Stone” Airing on ABC January 31
1/30/08 CDC pdf Timeline: Thimerosal in Vaccines (1999-2008)
1/28/08 CDC pdf VIS: Meningococcal Vaccines (interim dated 1/28/08)
1/18/08 CDC html Outbreak Notice: Yellow Fever Alert for Brazil
1/17/08 CDC html Travelers' Health Announcement: Yellow Fever Vaccine Shortage
1/16/08 AAP html AAP Special Alert: Recommendations for Influenza Vaccine, 2007-2008
1/14/08 ACSH html
pdf
American Council on Science and Health: Celebrities vs. Science
1/11/08 ACIP pdf
html
ACIP Recommendations: Recommended Immunization Schedules for Persons Aged 0--18 Years --United States, 2008
1/4/08 CDC html
pdf
Notice to Readers: Requirements for Use of a New International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis for Yellow Fever Vaccine
12/19/07 CDC html
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Interim Recommendations: Use of Hib conjugate vaccines related to the recall of certain lots of Hib-containing vaccines (PedvaxHIB and Comvax)
12/13/07 CDC/FDA html Transcript: CDC and FDA advise public on recall of Hib vaccine lots
12/11/07 Health
Canada
html Press Release: Three Lots of Measles, Mumps and Rubella Vaccine Suspended from Use
12/7/07 WHO pdf WHO Position Paper: Rabies Vaccines
12/7/07 MMWR html Errata: Table 2 and Table 4 of ACIP recommendations for hepatitis B immunization of infants, children, and adolescents
12/7/07 ACIP html
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CDC Guidance: For health economics studies presented to the ACIP
12/7/07 ACIP html
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ACIP Recommendations: Use of quadrivalent meningococcal conjugate vaccine (MCV4) in children aged 2--10 years at increased risk for invasive meningococcal disease
12/3/07 CDC html Announcement: Revised International Certificate of Vaccination now available
11/28/07 CDC pdf Dear Healthcare Professional Letter: CDC urges HCPs to get vaccinated against influenza
11/27/07 Calif pdf VIS: Live intranasal influenza vaccine translation in Spanish (dated 10/4/07)
11/27/07 CDC/FFF pdf November 27--National Children's Flu Vaccination Day
11/26/07 ACIP html
pdf
ACIP Recommendations: Expansion of Use of Live Attenuated Influenza Vaccine (FluMist) to Children Aged 2-4 Years and Other FluMist Changes for the 2007--08 Influenza Season
11/26/07 MMWR html
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CDC Notice to Readers: National Influenza Vaccination Week--November 26-December 2, 2007 
11/19/07 CDC html
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Press Release/Health Alert: Mumps Outbreak in Maine
11/16/07 CDC html Additional printable versions (color and black & white) of the 2008 Adult Immunization Schedule available
11/9/07 ALA pdf Press Release: CDC Joins American Lung Association and Actress Jennifer Garner to Launch National Influenza Immunization Initiative at Press Conference in NYC on Monday, November 12th
11/7/07 NIH html Press Release: NIAID Strengthens and Expands Vaccine and Treatment Evaluation Units
11/7/07 CDC html Vaccine Supply: Merck & Co., Inc. has reported that PedvaxHIB is unavailable for shipment
11/5/07 CDC html National Influenza Vaccination Week (November 26 - December 2, 2007): Resources for health professionals, media toolkit, form to submit a vaccination activity
11/07 CDC pdf Updated: Vaccine management recommendations for storage and handling of selected biologicals
11/07 WHO pdf WHO: Working to Ensure Global Quality, Safety, and Standards in Immunization
10/29/07 CDC pdf Spanish-language version of the 2007 Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Schedule (birth-18 years)
10/26/07 ACIP html Press Release: CDC Advisory Committee Recommends Nasal Spray Flu Vaccine for Children Ages Two to Five
10/26/07 MMWR html Erratum: Appendix A of "A Comprehensive Immunization Strategy to Eliminate Transmission of Hepatitis B Virus Infection in the United States: Recommendations of the ACIP, Part II: Immunization of Adults"
10/23/07 CDC html NIS Data: Tables and maps of 2006 NIS Childhood Immunization Rates
10/19/07 ACIP html
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ACIP Recommendations Update: Prevention of Hepatitis A after Exposure to Hepatitis A Virus and in International Travelers
10/19/07 ACIP html
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ACIP Recommendations: Recommended Adult Immunization Schedule--United States, October 2007--September 2008
10/18/07 FDA html Press Releases: FDA expands age range for use of bacterial meningitis vaccine to include children ages 2 to 10 years
10/12/07 MMWR html
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CDC Notice to Readers: FDA approval of an alternate dosing schedule for a combined hepatitis A and B vaccine (Twinrix)
10/4/07 CDC pdf VIS: Live, Intranasal Influenza Vaccine 2007-2008 (dated 10/4/07)
9/28/07 FDA html FDA Press Release: Additional influenza vaccine (Afluria, CSL Limited, Parkville, Australia) approved for upcoming influenza season
9/28/07 CDC html CDC Analysis of NEJM Study: Infant and environmental exposures to thimerosal and neuropsychological outcomes at ages 7 to 10 years
9/28/07 US Senate pdf Press Release: Enzi says investigation does not support allegations of misconduct in autism research
9/25/07 Calif pdf VIS: Hepatitis B vaccine translation in Spanish (dated 7/18/07)
9/19/07 FDA html FDA Approval: Nasal influenza vaccine (FluMist) licensure expanded to include use in younger children (between 2 and 5 years of age)
9/17/07 CDC html CDC launches a new influenza website for health professionals and the public
9/12/07 Calif pdf VIS: Inactivated influenza vaccine translation in Spanish (dated 7/16/07)
9/7/07 ARC html World Rabies Day--September 8, 2007
9/1/07 FDA html FDA Approval: New second-generation smallpox vaccine licensed
9/07 AAP html pdf AAP Provisional Recommendations: Immunization of girls and women with quadrivalent human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine
8/30/07 CDC html Press Release: Nation's childhood immunization rates remain at or above record levels; new estimates show adolescent rates below nation's 2010 goals
8/26/07 CDC html CDC Health Advisory: Hepatitis A in a Food Handler Who Served Persons from Multiple States
8/22/07 CDC pdf Spanish-language version of the recommended adult immunization schedule October 2006-September 2007 (4-page, color print)
8/17/07 CDC pdf VIS: Meningococcal Vaccines (dated 8/16/07)
8/17/07 CDC pdf CDC Immunization Safety Office: Fast facts that address statements made in a NVIC press release (8/15/07) about Gardasil and Guillain-Barre Syndrome
8/10/07 WHO pdf WHO Position Paper: Rotavirus Vaccines
8/10/07 ACIP html
pdf
ACIP Recommendations: Revised Recommendations of the ACIP to Vaccinate All Persons Aged 11--18 Years with Meningococcal Conjugate Vaccine
8/1/07 CDC html CDC Press Release: CDC Urges Parents to Protect Preteens with Three Recommended Vaccines
7/27/07 CDC html CDC Announcement: Important Notice about the 2007-2008 LAIV VIS
7/23/07 CDC pdf VIS: Hepatitis B (interim dated 7/18/07)
7/19/07 CDC html Health Advisory: Hepatitis A infections linked to children adopted from Ethiopia and their family contacts
7/18/07 CDC pdf VIS: Live intranasal influenza (dated 7/16/07)
7/18/07 CDC pdf VIS: Inactivated influenza VIS (dated 7/16/07)
7/11/07 ACIP pdf ACIP Meeting Summary (Unofficial), June 27-28, 2007
7/9/07 Calif pdf VIS: DTaP vaccine translation in Spanish (dated 5/17/07)
7/5/07 CDC html CDC Health Information for International Travel, 2008; "The Yellow Book" released
6/29/07 ACIP html
pdf
ACIP Recommendations: Prevention and Control of Influenza
6/28/07 Media html ACIP expands recommendation for meningitis vaccine to include all 11-to-18-year-olds
6/25/07 ACIP html
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Joint Letter: Ask ACIP to Expand Influenza Vaccination
6/22/07 ACIP html
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ACIP Recommendations: Prevention of Varicella
6/15/07 CDC html Important Information Regarding Kawasaki Disease and RotaTeq Vaccine
6/11/07 CDC html CDC launches its new Vaccines and Immunization website
6/07 IDSA html
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IDSA Policy Principles: Actions to strengthen adult and adolescent immunization coverage in the United States
6/07 NIAID pdf The Jordan Report; Accelerated Development of Vaccines 2007
5/29/07 CDC html CDC Health Advisory: Investigation of U.S. traveler with extensively drug resistant tuberculosis (XDR TB)
5/17/07 CDC pdf VIS: DTaP Vaccine (dated 5/17/07)
5/11/07 MMWR html
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Notice to Readers: Update on supply of vaccines containing varicella-zoster virus
5/9/07 CDC html CDC Health Advisory: Influenza-associated pediatric mortality and the increase of Staphylococcus aureus co-infection
5/8/07 CDC html
pdf
Childcare and School Immunization Requirements: 2005-2006
4/23/07 PKIDs html Press Release: PKIDs launches GETVAXED.ORG, a vaccine information website for teens and twenty-somethings
4/21-28/07 CDC html National Infant Immunization Week, April 21-28, 2007
4/17/07 FDA html Press Release: FDA approves first U.S. vaccine for humans against the avian influenza virus H5N1
4/10/07 AAP html Press Release: Pediatricians Say Rising Vaccine Costs Are Putting Children at Risk
4/9/07 AAP pdf AAP Vaccine Policy: Hepatitis A vaccine recommendations
Source: AAP Red Book online, early release, April 9, 2007
4/9/07 AAP pdf AAP Vaccine Policy: Recommendations for second dose of varicella vaccine
4/6/07 MMWR html
pdf
NASPHV: Compendium of Animal Rabies Prevention and Control, 2007
4/07   html HepB.TV network launched, offers video and audio programming to educate Asian-Americans about hepatitis B
3/30/07 MMWR pdf Summary of Notifiable Diseases - United States, 2005
3/30/07 MMWR html
pdf
National Public Health Week: "Take the First Step"
3/28/07 FDA html
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FDA approves accelerated dosing schedule for Twinrix (Hepatitis A/Hepatitis B Vaccine)
3/23/07 WHO pdf WHO Position Paper: Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine for childhood immunization
3/21/07 FDA html FDA advisory panel selects vaccine strains that will make up the U.S. influenza vaccine for 2007-08
3/16/07 PHAC pdf Canadian Immunization Guide, 7th edition, in English and French
3/16/07 MMWR html
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Surveillance Summaries: Surveillance for Acute Viral Hepatitis - United States, 2005
3/12/07 ACIP html
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ACIP Recommendations: Quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus Vaccine
3/8/07 Calif pdf VIS: Varicella (chickenpox) vaccine translation in Spanish (interim 1/10/07)
3/5/07 ACIP pdf ACIP Meeting Presentation: Thimerosal: Reviewing the evidence
3/1/07 CDC html CDC vaccine price list
3/07 CDC html "The Pink Book," 10th edition, now available online
2/23/07 Calif pdf VIS: HPV vaccine translation in Spanish (interim dated 2/2/07)
2/16/07 Joint pdf Joint letter to ACIP: 121 organizations call for universal vaccination against influenza for all children and teens
2/16/07 WHO pdf WHO Position Paper: Mumps Virus Vaccines
2/14/07 CDC html CDC Fact Sheet: Intussusception & RotaTeq vaccine
2/13/07 FDA html FDA Public Health Notification: Information on RotaTeq and intussusception
2/7/07 CDC html CDC: Email update service for many CDC web pages
2/5/07 CDC pdf VIS: Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine (interim, dated 2/2/07)
2/1/07 IAC html IAC: Laminated child and adolescent schedule 2007
1/25/07 CDC html Additional printable versions (color and black & white) of the 2007 Childhood & Adolescent Immunization Schedule (birth-18 years) available
1/22/07 CMS pdf
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2007 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule: For 2007 only, Part B of Medicare will cover the administration of vaccines that are covered under Part D
1/10/07 CDC pdf VIS: Varicella vaccine (interim, dated 1/10/07)
1/7/07 FDA html FDA Licensing Action: Refrigerator formulation of FluMist approved
1/4/07 ACIP html
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ACIP Recommendations: Recommended Immunization Schedules for Persons Aged 0-18 Years --- United States, 2007
1/2/07 AAP pdf 0-6 yrs
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7-18 yrs
Recommended Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Schedule: United States, 2007