- All of us at IAC extend our condolences to those affected by Hurricane Katrina
- CDC's Hurricane Katrina Health & Safety web page offers continually updated immunization information
- CDC has information on Hurricane Katrina for health professionals, relief workers, and shelter operators
- DHHS sets up a toll-free crisis hotline for persons emotionally distressed by Hurricane Katrina
- Influenza Vaccine Bulletin #2 available for the 2005-06 influenza season
- Mark your calendar: The next Current Issues in Immunization netconference is scheduled for October 13
- New: CDC's Flu Gallery offers professional- and patient-education materials for the 2005-06 influenza season
- Coming up: National Adult Immunization Awareness Week is scheduled for September 25-October 1
- Free: Bulk copies of the May 2005 issue of Vaccinate Adults are available for the asking
- Updated: IAC's Summary of Recommendations for Childhood and Adolescent Immunization has been substantially revised
- New: Professional-education piece on Healthcare Worker Vaccination Recommendations available on IAC's website
- September 9 issue of IAC's HEP Express electronic newsletter now available online
- Help out: NIP continues to need volunteers to pilot test its immunization training courses
- Polio update: Immunization campaigns reduce polio incidence in Nigeria; WHO reports two new cases in Ethiopia
- Corrections: CDC revises pneumonia and influenza mortality stats reported in MMWR on August 19 and August 26
- 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
- And more …
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Issue 550: September 6, 2005
- CDC website posts interim immunization recommendations for persons displaced by Hurricane Katrina
- CDC website posts interim immunization recommendations for emergency responders assisting with Hurricane Katrina
- DHHS establishes web page and toll-free number to identify health professionals to assist in Hurricane Katrina relief
Issue 549: September 6, 2005
- Note: Watch for an Extra Edition of IAC Express related to Hurricane Katrina
- FDA approves combination measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella vaccine
- FDA approves new influenza vaccine for upcoming season
- CDC publishes updated information on influenza vaccine supply and recommendations for prioritization
- CDC updates its website with Q&As about influenza vaccine supply and prioritization
- FDA releases statement on Chiron Corporation inspection
- Heads up: November 4 is deadline for abstracts for the 2006 National Immunization Conference
- Updated: IAC substantially revises its professional-education piece "Summary of Recommendations for Adult Immunization"
- New: CDC announces addition of a diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis module to its "You Call the Shots" training course
- Influenza vaccination standing orders for children and adolescents is new, standing orders for adults is updated
- Updated: Revised "Administering Vaccines to Adults: Dose, Route, Site, Needle Size, and Preparation" now online
- Injectable typhoid vaccine currently unavailable
- New: Draft agenda for the National Viral Hepatitis Prevention Conference now available
Issue 548: August 29, 2005
- New: CDC's influenza web section adds materials for the 2005-06 season
- New: VIS for MMR vaccine now available in Vietnamese
- Updated: IAC revises its patient questionnaire "Do I Need Any Vaccinations Today?"
- Updated: Two revised hepatitis educational pieces available on the IAC website
- Upcoming event: Rosalynn Carter and Betty Bumpers to speak at the Sierra Nevada Immunization Conference
Issue 547: August 26, 2005
- Unprotected People #79: CDC reports on preventable measles among
- U.S. residents, 2001-2004
Issue 546: August 22, 2005
- Comments on proposed CMS nursing home immunization requirement must be submitted by August 30
- FDA approves VAQTA hepatitis A vaccine for use in children ages 12 months and older
- New: August 2005 issue of Vaccinate Women is on the IAC website
- Important: September 15 is the deadline for submitting comments on proposed revisions to Healthy People 2010
- Teleconference on working with physicians to improve adult vaccination rates is scheduled for September 13
Issue 545: August 15, 2005
- New: CDC issues comprehensive interim guideline for planning for an influenza vaccine shortage during the 2005-06 season
- Looking for sources of presentation material? Online PowerPoint slides put valuable information at your fingertips
- August issue of CDC's Immunization Works electronic newsletter now available on the NIP website
- August 12 issue of IAC's Hep Express electronic newsletter now available online
Issue 544: August 12, 2005
- Unprotected People #78: Florida man dies from rabies eight months after receiving dog bite in Haiti
Issue 543: August 8, 2005
- Do it today: Please thank Tim Russert for moderating the vaccines-and-autism debate on Meet the Press
- Must read: Slate.com article sheds light on controversy about thimerosal-containing vaccines and autism
- NIP announces temporary shortage of conjugated meningococcal vaccine
- CDC outlines priority groups for vaccination with injectable influenza vaccine in the event of a vaccine shortage
- Errata: MMWR corrects four errors in ACIP's newly released influenza recommendations
- Register today: Update on 2005-06 influenza vaccine communications and supply planned for August 16
- Three states enact immunization legislation for a variety of vaccines
- Updated: Spanish-language version of IAC's brochure "Immunization . . . Not Just Kids' Stuff"
- New: Interim 2005-06 VIS for injectable influenza vaccine now available in audio format
Issue 542: August 5, 2005
- Sunday, August 7, Meet the Press to discuss mercury-containing vaccines and neurological disorders
Issue 541: August 1, 2005
- CDC reports on 2004 vaccination coverage levels among U.S. children ages 19-35 months
- Hard copy of ACIP's new influenza recommendations now available
- NPI announces recipients of its 2005 Excellence in Immunization awards
- New: Transcript of CDC's media briefing on vaccine safety and child health is now posted on NIP's website
- Updated: IAC revises three influenza education pieces to reflect the new ACIP recommendations
- CDC summarizes data from its 2003 Immunization Registry Annual Report
- 140 immunization coalitions have posted information on IAC's IZ Coalitions website--is yours one of them?
- Upcoming events: IAC adds a Boston University symposium and the APHA Annual Meeting to its online calendar
Issue 540: July 27, 2005
- Unprotected People #77: Toddler suffers septicemia, meningitis, and multi-organ failure as complications of Haemophilus influenzae type b infection
Issue 539: July 25, 2005
- New: Provisional ACIP recommendations for combined tetanus-diphtheria-pertussis vaccine are posted on NIP's website
- New: Interim VISs now available for both injectable and intranasal influenza vaccines
- July issue of CDC's Immunization Works electronic newsletter now available on the NIP website
- Updated: IAC revises a professional education piece on preventing perinatal hepatitis B virus transmission
- Pharmacists and medical assistants: NIP needs you to pilot test its training programs
- Oregon's Answer to Cancer race--a fund raiser for hepatitis B virus infection and liver cancer--is scheduled for August 6
Issue 538: July 18, 2005
- New: CDC issues the latest ACIP influenza recommendations in an "MMWR Early Release"
- MMWR notifies readers about August 9 webcast on prevention of human papilloma virus infection and cervical cancer
- Teleconference on communicating with legislatures about vaccine safety is scheduled for August 9
- CDC releases guidance statement on HIPAA and perinatal hepatitis B
- Learn about proposed hepatitis B vaccination strategies for U.S. adults
- Study reveals that handwashing with soap can save children's lives by reducing the incidence of certain diseases
- New: July 15 issue of IAC's Hep Express electronic newsletter now available online
- CDC reports on a survey of U.S. syringe exchange programs operating during 2002
- CDC reports on the use of a rapid analysis system to assess influenza vaccination coverage among California HMO members
Issue 537: July 11, 2005
- DHHS announces addition of influenza vaccine to the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program
- New: Johns Hopkins report on adolescent and adult pertussis now available online
- New: Article reveals that containment of 2004 measles outbreak cost Iowa $142,000
- Reminder: Register soon for the two-day course "Epidemiology & Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases"
- Order soon: Price of DVD version of "Immunization Techniques" video will increase to $35 on August 1
- Updated: IAC revises its parent-education piece "When Do Children and Teens Need Vaccinations?"
- Polio update: CDC reports on India's progress toward polio eradication, WHO reports on Indonesia's new polio cases
Issue 536: July 5, 2005
- New: NIP posts CDC's 2005 "Vaccine Management" booklet on its website
- CDC posts Influenza Vaccine Bulletin #1 for 2005-06 on its influenza web section
- CDC reports on influenza activity in the United States and worldwide during the 2004-05 season
- Arizona Department of Health Services reports 500 pertussis cases and one infant death
- CDC notifies MMWR readers about the July 28 satellite broadcast "Immunization Update 2005"
- Update: IAC revises educational pieces to include information on two newly licensed vaccines
- Reminder: Use these online promotional materials to advertise National Immunization Awareness Month in August
- Correction: IAC revises information it published about CMS's reimbursement for administering influenza vaccinations
- VIS translations: IAC posts Haitian Creole VISs for measles-mumps-rubella vaccine and pneumococcal conjugate vaccine
- WHO's email bulletin service "Disease Outbreak News" reports first case of polio in Angola since 2001
Issue 535: June 27, 2005
- The New York Times article "On Autism's Cause, It's Parents vs. Research" is available free of charge only until July 2
- Institute of Medicine responds to article on thimerosal written by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
- More than 30 cases of measles reported in Indiana; free vaccine administered
- June issue of CDC's Immunization Works electronic newsletter now available on the NIP website
- New: The web section of WHO's Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety now offers information in six languages
- Upcoming events: Hepatitis B Foundation's B-Informed patient conference and Oregon's Flu Summit scheduled for July
- MMWR corrects its article on seroprevalence of poliovirus antibodies in a Dominican community in Puerto Rico
Issue 534: June 23, 2005
- Unprotected People #76: Newborn's death emphasizes need to consider pertussis in differential diagnosis of coughing adults
Issue 533: June 20, 2005
- CDC announces topics for July 14 net conference on Current Issues in Immunization and opens online registration
- FDA approves Pegasys for treatment of chronic hepatitis B virus infection
- New: June 17 issue of IAC's Hep Express electronic newsletter now available online
- Corrections made to Hmong inactivated influenza vaccine VIS; interim meningococcal vaccine VIS now available in Turkish
- Upcoming events: Immunization coalition teleconference in July and Indiana immunization conference in October
- Somalia schedules emergency polio immunization campaign for June 17-26
- CDC reports on seroprevalence of poliovirus antibodies among children in a Dominican community in Puerto Rico in 2002
- CDC reports on progress in measles control in Zambia during 1999-2004
Issue 532: June 13, 2005
- FDA approves a new combination vaccine to help protect adolescents and adults against whooping cough
- New: AMA's primer will help physicians improve immunization rates, especially among minority populations
- New: CDC issues guidelines for preventing and controlling influenza transmission in long-term-care facilities
- New: IAC develops a professional-education piece on the use of standing orders to improve adult vaccination rates
- New VIS translations: VISs for five vaccines now available in Burmese
- MMWR corrects data reported on total mortality and influenza and pneumonia mortality between April 1-May 27, 2005
Issue 531: June 8, 2005
- Unprotected People #75: Three-year-old's ordeal with severe pneumococcal disease includes bloodstream and lung infection
Issue 530: June 6, 2005
- The May 2005 issue of "Vaccinate Adults" is in the mail and on the Web
- AAP endorses new meningococcal vaccine guidelines
- New: AAP's "Red Book Online" now tracks new vaccines' licensure and recommendation status
- Recent journal articles discuss pertussis in adults and parents who refuse immunization for their children
- Plan ahead: Online resources are now available for promoting National Immunization Awareness Month
- CDC reports on Colorado's surveillance of influenza-associated hospitalizations during 2004-05
- New: Partnership for Prevention publishes its report on strengthening adult immunization
- New VIS translation: IAC posts MMR vaccine VIS in Ilokano
Issue 529: June 2, 2005
- Time's running out: Use your fiscal year-end (June 30) dollars to stock up on essential immunization resources--or to contribute to IAC
Issue 528: May 31, 2005
- New: ACIP releases recommendations on meningococcal disease prevention; CDC press release presents background information
- New: CDC fact sheet on meningococcal disease and vaccine includes information about newly licensed MCV4 vaccine
- New VIS translation: Spanish-language meningococcal vaccine VIS now available
- May issue of CDC's Immunization Works electronic newsletter is posted on the NIP website
- New: CDC announces broad availability of the 2005-06 edition of its travel-health guide, the "Yellow Book"
- Mark your calendar: Several CDC immunization courses are planned for summer and fall
- New translation: IAC's parent-education piece "After the Shots: What to do if your child has discomfort" now in Spanish
- June 14 teleconference to focus on reducing immunization disparities by working with ethnic physicians organizations
Issue 527: May 25, 2005
- Unprotected People #74: Parents helpless as children battle pertussis
Issue 526: May 23, 2005
- New: May 2005 issue of "Needle Tips" provides lots of resources on childhood, adolescent, and adult immunization
- Visit IAC's redesigned hepatitis prevention programs website for Hepatitis Awareness Month
- New: DVD format of "Immunization Techniques: Safe, Effective, Caring" is now available
- CDC issues press release about factors possibly associated with autism risk
- New: May 20 issue of IAC's Hep Express electronic newsletter now available online
Issue 525: May 16, 2005
- CDC report recommends health professionals limit use of IgM anti-HAV testing to specific indications
- MMWR notifies readers that May is Hepatitis Awareness Month
- New VIS: NIP posts VIS for Japanese encephalitis vaccine to its website
- CDC issues "Summary of Notifiable Diseases--United States, 2003"
- UNICEF reports new cases of polio in Indonesia and Yemen; major vaccination campaigns to begin soon
Issue 524: May 9, 2005
- FDA approves Boostrix, a tetanus toxoid, reduced diphtheria toxoid, and acellular pertussis vaccine intended for teens
- May 9-16 is the first National Hepatitis B Awareness Week; "AIM for the B" campaign is planned for the same time
- New: Spanish-language childhood and adolescent immunization schedule available on NIP's website
- Important: May 27 is the deadline for submitting abstracts for the National Viral Hepatitis Prevention Conference
- New: 2003 SMART BRFSS data and prevalence tables now available
- Updated: IAC revises some of its professional- and patient-education pieces
- Subscribe to more than 20 email news services using IAC's Directory of Immunization Resources
- New: Documents related to the Blue Ribbon Panel meeting about CDC's vaccine safety activities now online
- CDC Health Update announces destruction of influenza A(H2N2) samples mistakenly included with proficiency test panels
- Scheduled for June 13-15 in Atlanta, conference on public health law will include sessions on vaccine safety
- Vaccines 2005 conference to be held in Amsterdam June 13-15
Issue 523: May 2, 2005
- "Read immediately" issue of Immunization Works discusses relocation of the Immunization Safety Branch
- April issue of CDC's Immunization Works electronic newsletter now available on the NIP website
- New: CDC's commemorative timeline, 50 Years of Vaccine Progress, is posted on NIP's website
- New: VISs for three travel-related vaccines now available in DVD, video, and CD-ROM formats
- Updated: IAC revises two of its education pieces
- CDC reports on recent worldwide progress toward interruption of wild poliovirus transmission
Issue 522: April 25, 2005
- U.S. Congress accepts plan for major reorganization of CDC
- New: The 2005 annual report of the National Immunization Program now available online and in print
- April 24 marks the start of National Infant Immunization Week, now in its second decade
- New: CDC's commemorative timeline, 50th Anniversary of the Polio Vaccine, is posted on NIP's website
- Coming soon: The National Immunization Coalition TA Network plans two influenza teleconferences for May
- "Immunization Works," the statewide Iowa immunization conference, is scheduled for June 2 in West Des Moines
Issue 521: April 18, 2005
- Official CDC Health Advisory recommends destroying sample panels of influenza A/H2N2
- MMWR notifies readers that April 24-30 is National Infant Immunization Week
- May is National Hepatitis Awareness Month
- Maurice R. Hilleman, giant in vaccine development, dies at age 85
- New: Trivalent influenza vaccines to be covered by the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program starting July 1
- New: CDC seeks comment on its Research Agenda through April 19
- New: CHOP's Vaccine Education Center launches Parents PACK, an online vaccine-information resource
- IAC reorganizes and updates its online Directory of Immunization Resources
- IAC updates multiple print pieces related to viral hepatitis
- New: April 15 issue of IAC's Hep Express electronic newsletter now available online
- New: NIP website posts recordings of NIC presentations, reminds attendees that April 25 is deadline for CE credit
- Providers: Power of 10 campaign makes it easy to educate your patients about the importance of getting a Td booster
Issue 520: April 11, 2005
- New: CDC issues interim VIS for meningococcal vaccine
- New: Comprehensive Vaccine Storage and Handling Toolkit now available on the NIP website
- 50th anniversary of the discovery of polio vaccine inspires exhibits, events, and articles
- New: NIIW PSAs for television stations will be available by satellite downlink on April 12 and 14
- CDC issues an update on U.S. influenza activity for the 2004-05 season
- Conference on the Public's Health & the Law in the 21st Century is set for June 13-15 in Atlanta
Issue 519: April 4, 2005
- Important: CDC issues Dr. Stephen Cochi's message about the publication of a new book on thimerosal and autism
- FDA approves new treatment for hepatitis B virus infection
- CDC provides information on influenza vaccine prebooking and distribution strategies for the 2005-06 influenza season
- April 7 is World Health Day
- Recommendations for improving high-risk adults' influenza, PPV, and hepatitis B vaccination coverage now available
- CDC reports on estimated influenza vaccination coverage among U.S. adults and children--September 1, 2004-January 31, 2005
- April 29 is the application deadline for NPI's 2005 Excellence in Immunization Awards
- Big savings: IAC's smallpox immunization record cards available at half price--while supplies last
- CDC reports on an inadvertent laboratory exposure to Bacillus anthracis in California in 2004
- New: Two rotavirus vaccine resources now available online
- Measles cases surge in Nigeria
Issue 518: March 29, 2005
- Unprotected People #73: CDC provides case reports on varicella-related deaths of three susceptible, unvaccinated children
Issue 517: March 28, 2005
- CDC announces the elimination of rubella and congenital rubella syndrome in the United States
- CDC posts new NIIW resources to the NIP website, offers a technical assistance teleconference on March 29 and 31
- Note: On March 29, IAC will publish an Unprotected People report about recent varicella deaths in the United States
- CDC reports on varicella surveillance in Oregon public elementary schools
- New: The March issue of CDC's Immunization Works electronic newsletter is now available on the NIP website
- CDC reports on progress toward polio eradication in Afghanistan and Pakistan in 2004-05
Issue 516: March 21, 2005
- New: The CDC-INFO Contact Center now answers phone-in immunization questions; VISs are changed accordingly
- Mark your calendar: April 14 is the date for CDC's next Current Issues in Immunization net conference
- FDA approves new preservative-free formulation of sanofi-pasteur's pediatric influenza vaccine
- National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable meeting set for April 10-12
- National Viral Hepatitis Prevention Conference website now live
- New issue of "Viral Hepatitis" available on VHPB website
- New: March 18 issue of IAC's Hep Express electronic newsletter now available online
- New conference listings: Immunization coalition conference call and hepatitis B meeting are set for April
- CDC publishes recommendations for animal rabies prevention and control
Issue 515: March 14, 2005
- CDC reports on transmission of hepatitis B virus among persons undergoing blood glucose monitoring
- IAC updates six viral hepatitis education pieces
- Florida Immunization Summit set for April 26-27
Issue 514: March 7, 2005
- CDC issues an update on U.S. influenza activity during the 2004-05 season
- CDC reports on interventions to increase influenza vaccination of healthcare workers
- CDC reports on Connecticut's use of a state influenza hotline as a way to increase influenza vaccination coverage
- New: NIP announces availability of a web-based training course, "Immunization: You Call the Shots"
- Reminder: It's time to finalize your plans for the National Immunization Conference
- Check it out: NIP website adds resources for National Infant Immunization Week and Vaccination Week in the Americas
- New: ECBT's model statute will help states draft legislation that permits immunization information to cross state lines
- CDC reports on progress in reducing worldwide measles mortality, 1999-2003
Issue 513: February 28, 2005
- Free: Order two pads of the Vaccine Education Center's meningococcus education sheets at no charge
- New: Georgia and Ohio enact immunization legislation
- Newly posted: IOM's report on vaccine safety and CDC's statement in response
- New: February 22 issue of IAC's Hep Express electronic newsletter now available online
- Save the dates: Teleconference on immunization educational materials and two vaccine conferences coming soon
- CDC reports on Europe's progress toward eliminating measles and preventing congenital rubella syndrome
Issue 512: February 21, 2005
- CDC and NIH support influenza vaccination of elderly, though study states it may not prevent as many deaths as assumed
- CDC reports on hepatitis A vaccination coverage among U.S. children ages 24-35 months during 2003
- New: CDC website posts numerous resources for National Infant Immunization Week and Vaccination Week in the Americas
- New: Journal of Family Practice's immunization supplement, "Vaccines Across the Life Span, 2005," is now online
- New: February issue of CDC's Immunization Works electronic newsletter now available on the NIP website
- State officials: Betty Bumpers to speak at February 23 web conference on Vaccine Safety: What Legislators Need to Know
- AED launches listserv for members of the National Immunization Coalition TA Network
Issue 511: February 14, 2005
- ACIP recommends newly licensed meningococcal vaccine for adolescents and college freshmen
- BRFSS data indicate influenza vaccine was given to priority groups during the first part of the 2004-05 influenza season
- Act now: Free bulk copies of the latest issue of "Vaccinate Adults" (October 2004) will go fast
- New: CMS has web resources for those who vaccinate Medicare beneficiaries against influenza and pneumococcal disease
- CDC reports on a case of Japanese encephalitis in a U.S. traveler returning from Thailand in 2004
- New conference listings: Adult immunization and health promotion conferences are scheduled for March and May
- MMWR corrects errors in two recent issues
Issue 510: February 7, 2005
- New feature: IAC Express now offers its readers a link to the web version of the current issue
- Reminder: Be sure to register for CDC's satellite broadcast Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases
- Register for NIC and take time to plan your conference participation using the new NIC Track System
- New: Special training will be held after NIC for National Immunization Coalition TA members
- New: HAN issues an official CDC Health Update about avian influenza
- Updated: CDC continues to supplement its Influenza web section
- New: Scripts and slides now available from CDC's net conference on Varicella Case-Based Reporting
- Teleconference on planning and implementing an immunization event for the public is scheduled for February 22
- CDC reports on a polio outbreak in Sudan in 2004
- Spring 2005 Phacilitate Vaccine Forum scheduled for May 23-25 in Amsterdam
Issue 509: February 1, 2005
- Unprotected People #72: Infant dies after contracting pertussis from adult family members
Issue 508: January 31, 2005
- CDC reports on an outbreak of invasive pneumococcal disease in Alaska during 2003-04
- CDC reports on outbreaks of pertussis associated with hospitals in the United States during 2003
- Note: On February 1, IAC will publish an Unprotected People report about a fatal case of pertussis in West Virginia
- Update: CDC continues to supplement its Influenza web section
- New: January issue of CDC's Immunization Works electronic newsletter now available on the NIP website
- Association of Immunization Managers seeks nominations for the 2nd annual "Natalie J. Smith, MD, Award"
- Save the date: National Viral Hepatitis Prevention Conference set for December 5-9 in Washington, DC
- CDC launches web page devoted to perinatal hepatitis B information and resources
- IAC updates immunization and viral hepatitis materials
- New: January 21 issue of IAC's Hep Express electronic newsletter available online
Issue 507: January 28, 2005
- CDC announces two new strategies to promote continued influenza vaccination
Issue 506: January 24, 2005
- 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"
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
Issue 500: December 30, 2004
- Unprotected People #71: Wisconsin teen survives clinical rabies without pre- or postexposure prophylaxis
Issue 499: December 20, 2004
- Happy Holidays from all of us at IAC
- ACIP expands priority groups for inactivated influenza vaccination
- ACIP issues an interim resolution regarding the groups eligible to receive VFC influenza vaccine
- Corrected Spanish-language VIS for live attenuated influenza vaccine now on IAC's website
- CDC reports on estimated influenza vaccination coverage in the U.S. during September 1-November 30, 2004
- CDC summarizes survey data on influenza vaccination of high-priority persons in the U.S. during October-November 2004
- Update: CDC continues to supplement its website with information related to the influenza vaccine shortage
- December issue of CDC's "Immunization Works!" electronic newsletter now available on the NIP website
- MMWR tells readers where to find information about influenza disease and vaccine
- "Recommended Adult Immunization Schedule, United States, October 2004-September 2005" now on NIP website
- New: CDC and Clean Hands Coalition offer parents and teachers resources to help children avoid colds and influenza
- CDC reports on the U.S. public's awareness of influenza-prevention measures and willingness to use them
- CDC reports on respiratory syncytial virus activity in the U.S. during 2003-04
Issue 498: December 13, 2004
- DHHS announces U.S. will import 1.2 million doses of influenza vaccine from GSK manufacturing facility in Germany
- HAN issues an official CDC Health Update about influenza vaccine allocation
- Chiron announces UK regulators will extend the suspension of its license to manufacture influenza vaccine
- Update: CDC continues to supplement its website with information related to the influenza vaccine shortage
- Former Surgeon General Dr. Jocelyn Elders spearheads national hepatitis A awareness campaign
- New: Six states enact immunization mandates
- New: Migrant Clinicians Network offers comic books and videos that educate migrant parents about childhood immunization
- MMWR notifies readers that the Eighth Annual Conference on Vaccine Research will be held in Baltimore in May 2005
- New electronic update: The National Immunization Coalition TA Network is looking for subscribers
- GAVI and the Vaccine Fund re-launch the Immunization Forum newsletter
Issue 497: December 9, 2004
- Unprotected People #68-70: Liver cancer deaths following failure to test for HBV and to interpret test results accurately
Issue 496: December 6, 2004
- Updated: CDC continues to supplement its website with information related to the influenza vaccine shortage
- Teleconference on immunization coalition advocacy scheduled for December 14
- Updated: IAC posts revised immunization and hepatitis parent-education pieces to its website
- Official CDC Health Advisory issued about revised recommendations for malaria prophylaxis in Dominican Republic
- CDC reports on the expansion of the AFP surveillance system to global surveillance of other infectious diseases
Issue 495: December 1, 2004
- Think of all the times you've turned to IAC for help--now, IAC is turning to you
- Federal and military employees: Help IAC by using agency code 0233 when you make your Combined Federal Campaign Contribution
Issue 494: November 29, 2004
- CDC notifies MMWR readers that December 1 is World AIDS Day
- Updated: CDC continues to supplement its website with information related to the influenza vaccine shortage
- New: CDC's Division of Viral Hepatitis posts the Hepatitis C Toolkit on its website
- Updated: IAC revises its parent-education piece "Immunizations for Babies"
Issue 493: November 22, 2004
- November 22 is the day for CDC's audio conference about influenza vaccine and antivirals for persons with HIV/AIDS
- New: CDC issues adult immunization schedule for October 2004-September 2005
- New: November issue of the Immunization Works electronic newsletter now available on CDC's website
- New: CDC revises VIS for yellow fever
- New VIS translation: Spanish version of the supplement to the inactivated influenza vaccine VIS now on IAC's website
- Updated: CDC continues to supplement its website with information related to the influenza vaccine shortage
- New: November issue of HEP EXPRESS electronic newsletter now available on IAC's website
- Updated: IAC revises two hepatitis-related education pieces
- Updated: IAC revises its parent-education brochure "Questions parents ask about baby shots"
- BEFORE THE HOLIDAY RUSH, be sure to register for CDC's 2005 National Immunization Conference
Issue 492: November 17, 2004
- Plan ahead: Use your year-end dollars to stock up on essential immunization resources for 2005--or to contribute to IAC
Issue 491: November 15, 2004
- New: CDC issues a patient-screening questionnaire to determine who is eligible for nasal-spray influenza vaccine
- New: CDC and states to distribute 10.3 million doses of influenza vaccine nationwide
- Medicare plans to raise physician payment for administering eligible adult vaccinations from $8 to $18 in 2005
- New: MedImmune announces changes in the storage requirements for FluMist influenza vaccine
- CDC issues report on vaccination coverage among U.S. children entering school in 2003-04
- New VIS translations: VIS for LAIV now available in seven additional languages
- Update: CDC continues to update its website with information regarding the influenza vaccine shortage
- New: IAC adds a section of Spanish-language resources to its website for the public
- DHHS announces contract to secure future egg supply for influenza vaccine production
- Reminder: December 1 is the date for CDLHN's free satellite broadcast on vaccine storage and handling
Issue 490: November 8, 2004
- Immunization community mourns the death of Dr. John LaMontagne, NIAID deputy director
- Clinician alert: Take time today to register for CDC's Influenza Update Net Conference
- IFAS and CDC educate patients and professionals about pneumococcal disease and vaccine
- Don't miss out: Order IAC's "Adults Only Vaccination" kit while supplies last
- CDC continues to update its Web materials related to the current influenza vaccine shortage
- 2003 influenza and pneumococcal vaccination rates for elderly and some high-risk persons fell short of national objectives
- CDC reports 89% decrease in acute hepatitis B infection among U.S. children and adolescents during 1990-2002
- National Influenza Vaccine Summit's home page offers broad overview of current and ongoing influenza-vaccination issues
- CDC reports on reasons Medicare beneficiaries age >=65 years failed to receive influenza vaccination during 1991-2002
Issue 489: November 1, 2004
- New: CDC issues a supplement to the VIS for trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine
- More than 4.2 million doses of influenza vaccine were shipped last week to providers who serve high-priority groups
- New: Register now for CDC's Influenza Update Net Conference, scheduled for November 19
- Updated: CDC adds new professional and patient information related to the influenza vaccine shortage to its website
- DHHS announces that it has potentially identified more than 5 million additional doses of influenza vaccine
- CDC issues an update on U.S. and worldwide influenza activity for May-October 2004
- VIS translations: New hepatitis A vaccine VIS now available in eight additional languages
- Reminder: November 19 is the deadline for abstracts for CDC's 2005 National Immunization Conference
- CDC issues notice about false-positive HBsAg tests
- CDC reports on laboratory surveillance for wild and vaccine-derived polioviruses during January 2003-June 2004
Issue 488: October 27, 2004
- Please tell CBS your thoughts about the importance of their Oct. 20 broadcast on the public health impact of vaccine refusal
- Updated: CDC's "Influenza" web section adds new professional- and patient-education information on influenza vaccine shortage
- Erratum: "IAC EXPRESS" article about NIP's audio VISs contains an error
Issue 487: October 25, 2004
- New: CDC issues a patient-screening questionnaire to determine who is eligible for injectable influenza vaccine
- Updated: IAC's professional piece "Give these people influenza vaccine" now reflects interim CDC recommendations
- DHHS/CDC issue press releases about the influenza vaccine shortage
- New: October issue of "Vaccinate Adults" is in the mail and on the Web
- CDC reports on Iowa's efforts to interrupt measles transmission in spring 2004
- New: NIP makes audio versions of almost all VISs available on its website
- CDC notifies readers about the availability of a 24-hour clinician information line
- Job opening: AAP seeks manager for its national infectious diseases committee and section
- December 1 is the date for CDLHN's free satellite broadcast, Quality Assurance in Vaccine Handling and Storage
- NIP updates the address for its web-based interactive "Vaccine Quiz"
- Louisiana's "Shots for Tots" state immunization conference is scheduled for December 16-17 in New Orleans