1. Reminder! Satellite teleconference on flu and pneumococcal immunization in nursing homes on August 24
2. Vaccine symposium set for September 22 at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
3. Immunization seminar set for September 26 in Erie, Penn.
4. Updated! "It's Federal Law: You Must Give Your Patients Current Vaccine Information Statements (VISs)"
5. CDC publishes report on human anthrax associated with an epizootic among livestock in North Dakota

1. Updated! State varicella immunization mandates on IAC's website
2. CDC publishes report on the effectiveness of California's middle school vaccination law
3. The 2001-2002 edition of The Yellow Book is now available
4. Revised English version and new Spanish translation of IAC's patient education piece "Immunizations for Babies"
5. CDC's National Immunization Program issues Influenza Bulletin #6
6. New issue of Partner Newsbrief is available online

1. CDC's new DTaP VIS is now available
2. CDC publishes "Parents Guide to Childhood Immunization" online
3. New translations of immunization screening questionnaires now on IAC's website
4. Two revised hepatitis education materials on IAC's website

1. CDC publishes National Immunization Survey data from the year 2000
2. CDC reports on fever, jaundice, and multiple organ system failure associated with yellow fever vaccination
3. CDC'S Immunization Update 2001 satellite broadcast set for September 20
4. FDA Consumer and Consumer Reports examine vaccine safety
5. CDC publishes article on progress toward laboratory containment of wild polioviruses

1. CDC's National Hepatitis C Prevention Strategy is now online
2. NPI to hold Congressional Educational Breakfast at the U.S. Capitol August 2
3. August is National Immunization Awareness Month
4. NPI offers a new reference guide on vaccines and vaccine safety 
5. GAVI Immunization Advocacy Resource Kit now available online!
6. CDC's National Immunization Program releases Influenza Vaccine Bulletin #5

1. FDA approves GlaxoSmithKline's Safety Tip-Lok vaccine delivery system for pediatric hepatitis A and hepatitis B vaccine
2. Aventis Pasteur temporarily interrupts government contract of DTaP (Tripedia) and DTaP-Hib (TriHIBit)
3. OSHA begins enforcing needlestick safety provisions

1. CDC announces influenza vaccine delays for 2001-02 season and supplementary ACIP recommendations
2. CDC publishes recommendations on the control and prevention of rubella
3. CDC publishes report on hepatitis C prevalence among clients of HIV counseling and testing sites
4. CDC's National Immunization Program releases Influenza Bulletin #4
5. New Chinese translation of "Screening Questionnaire for Child and Teen Immunization" on IAC's website
6. New Turkish translation of "Screening Questionnaire for Adult Immunization" on IAC's website
7. Reminder: CDC's National Immunization Program offers course on vaccine-preventable diseases August 14-15 in Atlanta

1. CDC's new pneumococcal conjugate and hepatitis B VISs now available
2. Satellite teleconference on flu and pneumonia immunization in nursing homes on August 24
3. Updated "Do You Have Chronic Hepatitis B?" now available in Spanish and Chinese
4. New Chinese translation of childhood immunization screening questionnaire on IAC's website

1. CDC's National Immunization Program releases Influenza Vaccine Bulletin #3
2. National Immunization Conference online continuing education credit deadline extended to July 15
3. CDC reports on the first fatal cases of adenovirus- related illness among military recruits since vaccine became unavailable
4. APHA annual meeting is October 21-25 in Atlanta

1. Vaccine Education Center offers video on vaccine safety for health professionals and parents
2. IOM announces that printed copies of its report on MMR and autism are now available
3. Correction: Influenza and pneumococcal vaccination data provided by BRFSS
4. Civil surgeons please note: The U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service suspends Td immunization requirement for immigrants due to Td shortage
5. New Turkish translations on IAC's website
6. CDC seeks proposals for HIV prevention among young men of color who have sex with men

1. Correction: Pennsylvania varicella immunization mandate will take effect in the 2002-2003 school year
2. CDC publishes updated guidelines on occupational exposure to hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and HIV
3. CDC publishes data on U.S. vaccination levels among people 65 and older
4. CDC reports on hepatitis B outbreak in a state correctional facility
5. New Spanish translation of IAC's "Screening Questionnaire for Child and Teen Immunization" now available
6. Abstract deadline for the 2002 National Conference on Immunization Coalitions is August 10

1. Updated! New state varicella immunization mandates on IAC's website
2. Medscape offers Continuing Medical Education for physicians on varicella immunization
3. NIP offers course on vaccine-preventable diseases August 14-15 in Atlanta
4. Revised "Hepatitis B: 100 Times Easier to Catch Than HIV" available on IAC's website

1. CDC publishes updated ACIP recommendations on use of smallpox vaccine
2. CDC'S National Immunization Program releases Influenza Vaccine Bulletin #2
3. CDC announces 2001-2002 edition of "Health Information for International Travel" (The Yellow Book)
4. CDC publishes report on measles incidence in Lusaka, Zambia
5. CDC announces the Clinical Immunization Safety Assessment Centers (CISA) network
6. NIP seeks applicants for the position of Chief of the Assessment Branch

1. Revised! Screening Questionnaire for Adult Immunization
2. New! The fourth volume of "Unprotected People" stories is now available from IAC
3. August is National Immunization Awareness Month
4. Nominations for NPI's National Recognition Program due July 2
5. Reminder! 2001 Immunization Registry Conference is July 9-11 in Little Rock
6. CDC publishes article on exposure to meningococcal disease on aircrafts
7. CDC publishes report on polio eradication in West and Central Africa

1. Urge your senators to join their senate colleagues in signing the letter to support adequate funding for CDC'S National Immunization Program
2. Urge your senators to support the amendment to ensure health plan coverage of all ACIP-recommended childhood and adolescent immunizations

1. IOM Immunization Safety Review Committee to meet July 16 in Cambridge, Mass.
2. Updated! Check out IAC's fact sheet on federal requirements for VISs
3. Thai VISs now available on IAC's website
4. New Turkish language translations available on IAC's website
5. National Conference on Immunization Coalitions set for January 9-11, 2002, in San Antonio

1. Minnesota Department of Health urges hospitals to resume universal hepatitis B vaccination at birth
2. CDC publishes update on influenza activity and the composition of the 2001-02 influenza vaccine
3. CDC offers new website for TTY users

1. CDC's National Immunization Program issues influenza vaccine bulletin
2. CDC publishes MMWR issue on HIV/AIDS
3. CDC seeks proposals for primary care physician immunization survey

1. CDC seeks assistance from health professionals in implementing ACIP recommendations for influenza vaccine
2. CDC announces deferral of routine booster doses of tetanus and diphtheria toxoids for adolescents and adults
3. GAO issues report on flu vaccine and the need to ensure access for those at high risk for influenza
4. Abstract deadline for the ICC Symposium on Minorities, the Medically Underserved, and Cancer is June 15
5. CDC issues erratum to article on syringe exchange programs

1. NVAC meeting set for June 5-6 in Washington, D.C.
2. New! "Understanding the Screening Questionnaire for Adult Immunization" is now available from IAC
3. NVAC seeks public comments on vaccine financing
4. IOM Committee on Immunization Finance offers workshop June 15 in Chicago
5. Ad hoc meeting on provider immunization education programs at the National Immunization Conference
6. National Network of Immunization Nurses and Associates to meet at the National Immunization Conference

1. CDC publishes article on hepatitis B vaccination for injection drug users
2. CDC reports on syringe exchange programs in the United States
3. May is National Hepatitis Awareness Month
4. IAC'S hepatitis prevention programs website expands

1. FDA approves combination vaccine for protection against hepatitis A and B
2. Punjabi VISs now available on IAC's website

1. AAP reports find no evidence to link MMR vaccine with autism or inflammatory bowel disease
2. Minnesota's Recommended Childhood Immunization Schedule available online
3. Hepatitis Control Report is available online
4. Reminder! 2001 Immunization Registry Conference set for July 9-11 in Little Rock

1. The Spring 2001 issue of VACCINATE ADULTS! is now available!
2. Here's what's in the latest issue of VACCINATE ADULTS!

1. The Spring 2001 issue of NEEDLE TIPS is available!
2. What's in the latest issue of NEEDLE TIPS?

1. Updated hepatitis B resources available from IAC
2. American Cancer Society endorses hepatitis B vaccine for children
3. CBER Voice Information System offers callers information on vaccines
4. 2001 edition of Shoreland's TRAVEL & ROUTINE IMMUNIZATIONS now available
5. CDC publishes report on global polio eradication

1. Story #40: Boy dies of pneumococcal meningitis

1. Story #39: Hib meningitis strikes unvaccinated infant

1. IOM releases report on MMR and autism
2. House schedules autism hearing for April 25-26
3. IAC needs your help in updating its Directory of National Immunization Resources

1. CDC publishes new ACIP statement on prevention and control of influenza
2. Updated resource on advising patients about immunizations for travel
3. Need help understanding foreign vaccination records? Check out these resources

1. Too good to miss! How to administer IM and SQ vaccines to children and adults
2. Reminder! National Infant Immunization Week is April 21- 28
3. Lyme disease conference scheduled for April 22-23 in Farmington, Conn.
4. Conference on Vaccine Research to be held April 23-25 in Arlington, Va.
5. Reminder! National Immunization Conference is set for May 29-June 1 in Atlanta
6. CDC reports on polio eradication progress in Sudan

1. Free for the asking! Bulk copies of the previous issue of NEEDLE TIPS
2. Every Child By Two offers bimonthly immunization newsletter
3. Conference on cancer vaccines set for May 21-22 in San Diego
4. CDC publishes erratum on poliovirus type 2 transmission

1. IAC launches new website showcasing hepatitis prevention programs!
2. Hepatitis B Foundation website now includes information in Chinese
3. ASPH and CDC seek applicants for API hepatitis B fellowship
4. CDC publishes update on risk for meningococcal disease associated with the Hajj
5. CDC reports on global interruption of wild poliovirus transmission

1. Updated! Screening questionnaire for adult immunization is now available on IAC's website
2. New online immunization curriculum
3. AIRA launches updated website
4. ICC Fellowship seeks applicants
5. CDC publishes report on US influenza activity

1. CDC reports on availability of Td and DTaP
2. FDA approves newly formulated DTaP vaccine with only trace amounts of thimerosal
3. CDC needs your help!
4. CDC offers free print materials for National Infant Immunization Week, April 22-28, 2001.
5. CDC publishes report on Lyme disease in the United States
6. CDC publishes erratum on telephone number in article on meningococcal disease associated with the Hajj

1. Revised! IAC's "Summary of Rules for Childhood Immunization" and "Summary of Recommendations for Adult Immunization"
2. Updated! "Screening Questionnaire for Child and Teen Immunization" is now available on IAC's website
3. Reminder! CDC satellite broadcast series on vaccine- preventable disease begins March 15
4. Satellite conference "Vaccines and Your Clinic" scheduled for April 11
5. Learn about the Brighton Collaboration
6. Minnesota conference on prevention of influenza and pneumococcal disease scheduled for March 16

1. Revised! "Hepatitis A & B Vaccines: Give the Correct Dose" is updated and available on IAC's website
2. JAMA publishes article on 1999 rubella outbreak in Nebraska
3. CDC reports on influenza B virus outbreak on a European cruise ship
4. CDC reports on continued polio outbreak in the Dominican Republic and Haiti
5. CDC reports on polio eradication progress in Afghanistan

1. Check out the IOM Immunization Safety Review Committee website and listserve
2. Read about how FDA works to ensure vaccine safety
3. Alaska implements media campaign to raise awareness of new school immunization requirements
4. Illinois immunization conference set for June
5. CDC publishes errata on recent articles about measles in the United States and Td shortage

1. New website offers information on pneumococcal disease and its prevention
2. Hepatitis B immunization programs make progress globally
3. CDC's "Guidelines for Vaccinating Pregnant Women" now available in Spanish on IAC's website
4. Many new Turkish translations available on IAC'S website

1. CDC releases report on effects of the 1999 AAP/USPHS Joint Statement on Thimerosal in Vaccines
2. Express your support for "ER" measles episode
3. New! Quick Links on IAC's website
4. CDC notifies public on risk for meningococcal disease associated with the Hajj pilgrimage

1. Kentucky passes school requirements for hepatitis B and varicella vaccination
2. WHO releases statement on MMR vaccine
3. Tonight's "ER" features story on measles
4. NEJM studies conclude there is no relationship between hepatitis B vaccine and multiple sclerosis
5. VIS software available in four languages
6. National Immunization Conference to include adult and adolescent immunization issues
7. European Conference on Vaccinology to be held in Lucerne, Switzerland, on March 21-23, 2001

1. Shingles Prevention Study seeks volunteers
2. Updated script for photographs of people with vaccine- preventable diseases available on IAC's website
3. Revised! "Labor and Delivery Unit Guidelines to Prevent HBV Transmission" on IAC's website

1. Register now for CDC satellite broadcast series "Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases"
2. Revised hepatitis B education materials on IAC's website
3. CDC publishes report on injection practices in Romania
4. Immunization artwork by kids available free on IAC'S website

1. NNii issues an alert regarding inaccuracies in newly published MMR article from the UK
2. Hepatitis B immunization coverage extremely low among Vietnamese-American children
3. Test your immunization knowledge with updated quizzes on IAC's website
4. Deadline extended! Abstracts for the 2001 immunization registry conference now due January 31

1. New translations of hepatitis B patient education materials available on IAC's website
2. Free guidebook on immunization registries available
3. CDC announces conference on vaccine research
4. World Vaccine Congress to be held in Montreal, April 3-5, 2001

1. New harmonized childhood immunization schedule released by ACIP, AAP, and AAFP
2. CDC reports on the progress in development of immunization registries in the United States
3. CDC reports on polio eradication in the Western Pacific Region

Story #38: Some parents fall for vaccination scare stories, with deadly results

1. CDC issues recommendations for the use of vaccines manufactured with bovine-derived materials
2. AAP updates recommendation on meningococcal disease in college students
3. Online article for immunization professionals: advising parents on immunization
4. Abstract deadline is February 2, 2001, for NFID's vaccine research conference

Story #37: Human rabies--California, Georgia, Minnesota, New York, and Wisconsin

1. New! IAC's Directory of National Immunization Resources is available online
2. CDC offers new online information to answer questions about the recent polio outbreak in the Caribbean
3. NIH offers excellent online vaccine resource

Story #36: December 11, 2000, remarks by the President on child immunization

1. Watch for the Winter 2001 issue of NEEDLE TIPS in late February
2. Updated Spanish translation of "When Do Children and Teens Need Vaccinations?"
3. VISs now available in Turkish!
4. Influenza vaccine is still available through CDC's contract with Aventis-Pasteur
5. CDC publishes ACIP recommendations on use of anthrax vaccine
6. CDC reports on human rabies in the United States
7. CDC reports on human rabies case in Canada
8. CDC publishes recommendations on improving global measles control

1. Clinton launches new federal effort to increase childhood immunization rates through a link with WIC
2. Updated! Vaccine administration record forms for children and adults
3. Find resources for patients and professionals on the Canadian Immunization Awareness Program website
4. Georgia state immunization conference is set for February 15 in Macon

1. CDC publishes notice on outbreak of polio in the Dominican Republic and Haiti
2. CDC publishes article on U.S. influenza activity during the 2000-01 season
3. Online continuing medical education opportunity from ATPM
4. Dr. Martin Myers named director of the National Vaccine Program Office

1. Reminder! CDC'S satellite training "Surveillance of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases" is December 8
2. National survey shows that some parents have misconceptions about vaccines
3. CDC publishes erratum on ACIP's DTaP statement
4. New! Anthrax VIS now available online
5. CDC publishes notice on outbreak of wild polio in Cape Verde

1. Looking for influenza vaccine? CDC is making available an additional 9 million doses
2. Visit CDC's influenza vaccine availability website for updates on obtaining vaccine
3. CDC publishes report on measles, rubella, and congenital rubella syndrome in the United States and Mexico
4. Pneumococcal conjugate VIS now available in Farsi
5. Reminder! Abstracts for the 2001 Immunization Registry Conference due January 15
6. Educational videos on hepatitis available from the Hepatitis Foundation International 

New! Current information on state immunization mandates available on IAC's website

1. CDC publishes supplemental ACIP recommendations on use of diphtheria toxoid-tetanus toxoid-acellular pertussis vaccine (DTaP)
2. CDC publishes notice about the shortage of adult tetanus and diphtheria toxoids (Td) vaccine
3. New! CDC's "Best Practices for Mass Influenza Vaccination Campaigns" on IAC's website
4. CDC website offers clinical questions and answers on influenza
5. Merck's hepatitis A vaccine gets supplemental approval for extended use
6. CDC reports on progress toward polio eradication in the Eastern Mediterranean Region

1. CDC's Spanish-language website features hepatitis information this week
2. The National Asian American Immunization Project seeks grant applicants
3. Help get youth involved in immunization advocacy

1. "It's Federal Law! You Must Give Your Patients Current Vaccine Information Statements" has been updated
2. New translations of the VIS for pneumococcal conjugate vaccine available online
3. Spanish translations of the VISs for hepatitis B and meningococcal vaccine now available online
4. CDC publishes report on influenza activity in the US and worldwide
5. Reminder! Abstracts for the National Immunization Conference due December

"60 Minutes" to air program exploring allegations of a link between MMR vaccine and autism

Issue 206 - Nov 6, 2000

1. Now is an excellent time to give pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPV23) to your patients at risk!
2. Pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine resources for health professionals

1. CDC issues notice of contract for additional 9 million doses of influenza vaccine
2. Questions about flu vaccine delays? Check out CDC's Influenza Vaccine Availability Website
3. New! CDC influenza vaccine flyers available online
4. CDC publishes article on progress toward interrupting indigenous measles transmission in the Americas
5. Fact sheet on hepatitis B and international adoption from the Viral Hepatitis Prevention Board
6. Employment opportunity: CDC is recruiting candidates for chief of the training and education branch of the Immunization Services Division

Reminder! Early-bird registration deadline approaches for the Third National Conference on Immunization Coalitions, January 10-12, 2001, in Savannah