- Story #8: Five varicella deaths that could have been prevented
- 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
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Issue 37: December 18, 1998
- AAP now recommends IPV for the first two doses of the primary series for polio vaccine
- MMWR publishes announcement on FDA approval of a fourth acellular pertussis vaccine for use among infants and young children
- MMWR publishes article on the progress toward global measles control and regional elimination
- "Immunization Gateway" is a major immunization resource center on the web
Issue 36: December 17, 1998
- CDC responds to questions about influenza vaccine and Guillain-Barre Syndrome
Issue 35: December 16, 1998
- AAP's statement on rotavirus is now available on the web
- CDC's rotavirus vaccine information for parents is on IAC's website
- Details of the 100 million dollar donation are on the web
- Check out the National Vaccine Program Office's new website
- MMWR publishes article on the impact of the sequential IPV/OPV schedule on vaccination coverage levels in the U.S.
- MMWR publishes article on progress toward eliminating Hib disease among infants and children in the U.S.
Issue 34: December 15, 1998
- Story #7: Montana newborn of an unvaccinated mother contracts neonatal tetanus after application of nonsterile clay to the umbilical cord.
Issue 33: December 4, 1998
- Free immunization teaching modules available
- The 1998 edition of Canada's Immunization Guide is now on the web.
Issue 32: December 1, 1998
- Fall/Winter "VACCINATE ADULTS!" is on the web
- Buena Noticia! Td Vaccine Information Statement (VIS) is on the web in Spanish!
Issue 31: November 26, 1998
- CDC to broadcast course on surveillance of vaccine-preventable diseases on December 3
- CDC releases "Recommendations for prevention and control of hepatitic C virus (HCV) infection and HCV-related chronic disease"
- Continuing medical education credits are now a component of certain MMWR publications
- "Laboratory-based surveillance for rotavirus - United States, July 1997-June 1998" published in MMWR
- "Update: Influenza activity - United States, 1998-99 season" published in MMWR
- "Vaccination coverage by race/ethnicity and poverty level among children aged 19-35 months - United States, 1997" published in MMWR
Issue 30: November 12, 1998
- Story #6: "All of the horrors that I endured could have been avoided"
Issue 29: November 9, 1998
- Story #5: "I awoke one morning unable to walk"
Issue 28: November 5, 1998
- Story #4: Three fatal varicella cases in unvaccinated young women
Issue 27: November 4, 1998
- Fall/Winter "NEEDLE TIPS" is now on the web and in the mail
- What's in the newest issue of "NEEDLE TIPS?"
- Been to our website lately? There's lots of new information you can use!
Issue 26: October 16, 1998
- Make sure National Adult Immunization Awareness Week happens every week of the year!
- UNPROTECTED PEOPLE are telling their stories on our new web page!
- Free for the asking! Bulk copies of "NEEDLE TIPS" and "VACCINATE ADULTS!"
- Need help educating Asian Americans about hepatitis B?
- "Back-To-School" specials! Materials to educate middle school kids about immunization
- Noociisa B, Hom B, Hepatitei B! Download hepatitis B brochures for parents in 17 languages
- !Terrifico! "Every week thousands of sexually active people get hepatitis B" is now available in Spanish. Download it!
Issue 25: October 15, 1998
- Show this varicella video and watch parents line up their children!
- Doing school-based vaccinations? It's easier with the new "Roll Up Both Sleeves!"
Issue 24: October 14, 1998
- Story #3: Family remembers hepatitis B victim as a girl with promise
Issue 23: October 13, 1998
- World Health Organization says there is no scientific justification to suspend hepatitis B immunization in France
- Engerix-B approved by FDA for use in patients with hepatitis C
- Hepatitis Foundation International schedules programs on hepatitis C virus infection in five major cities
Issue 22: September 16, 1998
- Great news! CDC now has a new "Vaccine Safety" website
- Terrifico! Pneumococcal and influenza vaccine information statements in Spanish and six other languages!
- PBS to air "A Paralyzing Fear: The Story Of Polio In America" on October 5
- Starting a hepatitis B campaign for college students? Free materials are available!
Issue 21: September 14, 1998
- Story # 2: Parent of child with HBV testifies about importance of hepatitis B vaccination
Issue 20: September 10, 1998
- Federal announcement: DTaP/HIB combined vaccines should not be used for the primary series
Issue 19: September 4, 1998
- CDC answers your questions on varicella and varicella vaccine
Issue 18: September 2, 1998
- Simplified pediatric dosing regimen now available for RECOMBIVAX HB
- National Multiple Sclerosis Society's Medical Advisory Board says there is no current evidence of a link between hepatitis B vaccine and multiple sclerosis
Issue 17: August 31, 1998
- Rotavirus vaccine license application is approved by FDA
Issue 16: August 27, 1998
- Intron A approved for pediatric use in chronic hepatitis B virus infection
- Oops! Correction in broadcast time for CDC Satellite Immunization Training
Issue 15: August 26, 1998
- We revised our vaccine administration record sheets to help you comply with legal requirements
- Get the latest vaccine updates beamed to you by "Dr. Bill"
- Link to the big "Pink Book" and download a great reference book
- First national conference on immunization coalitions set for October 14-15, 1998
- There's a hepatitis B support group on the web
- Free posters to promote National Adult Immunization Week
- Materials you can download and use for Adult Immunization Week
- Free for the asking -- bulk copies of "NEEDLE TIPS" and "VACCINATE ADULTS!"
- Do you need an easy way to educate pre-teens about immunization? Order "Immunization Plus!"
- Vaccinating students and staff in school? Order the new "Roll up Both Sleeves!"
Issue 14: August 21, 1998
- When reporters call, seize the opportunity to educate them!
- We need your stories of people with vaccine-preventable diseases
- Story #1: A mother's experience with Haemophilus Influenzae Type B
Issue 13: July 30, 1998
- New DTaP vaccine licensed by FDA
Issue 12: July 28, 1998
- It's the law! Give your patients Vaccine Information Statements (VISs)
- CDC releases new Vaccine Information Statement (VIS) on Influenza Vaccine for 1998-99
- CDC/NIP Resource Request List is now available on the Internet or by fax
- Get a copy of the "Adult Immunization Action Plan" and find out what you can do to help!
- What you need to know about the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program
- "Weekly Epidemiological Record" is available free on the Internet
- International Society of Travel Medicine provides in-depth information on the Internet
Issue 11: June 17, 1998
- CDC releases new ACIP statement on measles, mumps, and rubella
- We want to see you at CDC's National Immunization Conference in July!
Issue 10: June 9, 1998
- Link up to our newest translations!
- Free posters to help you get adolescents vaccinated against hep B!
- Summer price reduction! A fabulous video and "how-to" manual to help you start a program to get Asian kids vaccinated against hepatitis B!
Issue 9: June 4, 1998
- Need hepatitis A, B, C, D, E, and G information? Then make CDC's Hepatitis Branch website your first stop!
- Three unvaccinated children die of varicella-related deaths
- 24-hour emergency hotline answers clinicians' questions on exposures to blood borne diseases
- New video available to teach teens about liver wellness and protection against hepatitis B
Issue 8: May 14, 1998
- A vaccine to prevent rotavirus disease is on the horizon. Get the facts here!
- "VACCINATE ADULTS!" is in the mail and on our website, too!
- VFC Program (Vaccines For Children) now has its own website.
- It take a whole country to develop a national immunization registry. Here's your chance to help!
- Health care worker immunization recommendations to be covered at June 4th adult immunization satellite conference
Issue 7: May 4, 1998
- Coalition e-mail news service now called "IAC EXPRESS"
- CDC releases 1998 ACIP statement "Prevention and Control of Influenza"
- CDC releases "Hepatitis B vaccine fact sheet" and "Hepatitis B vaccine questions and answers"
- It's bad enough to lose a spleen!
- Are you looking for HBV clinical trials for your patients?
- "NEEDLE TIPS" is in the mail and "VACCINATE ADULTS!" will follow soon!
- FREE! Bulk copies of last issue of "NEEDLE TIPS" now available
- Adult immunization videoconference is coming to your neighborhood on June 4
- Will we see you at the National Immunization Conference in July?
- Link up to our latest publications.
Issue 6: February 28, 1998
- VFC hepatitis B vaccine is now available for eligible children 0 through 18 years of age.
- Remember, you can use VFC vaccine to protect VFC-eligible children ages 1 through 15 against varicella.
- Errors in the "Recommended Childhood Immunization Schedule, United States, January - December 1998" are corrected regarding the use of combination vaccines and hepatitis B vaccine.
- It's a fact! CDC'S Vaccine Safety Fact Sheets are now available!
- Coalition's web page is the "apple" of someone's eye!
- Because you don't have the time to answer all parents' immunization questions....
- Unleash "The Germ Patrol" in your clinic and watch what happens!
Issue 5: February 2, 1998
- Download the 1998 Childhood Immunization Schedule!
- MMWR reviews information on rabies prevention
- Download CDC'S brand new STD Guidelines and stay up to date with the newest recommendations and treatments!
- Looking for adult and adolescent, immunization resources? Look here first!
- Before you start an immunization delivery program, why not read this guidebook?
Issue 4: January 8, 1998
- New immunization guidelines for health care workers released by ACIP and HICPAC
- CDC live, interactive satellite broadcast on Feb 26, 1998
- Best selling resources from the Immunization Action Coalition
- Limited edition Dr. Seuss immunization posters available
- Free! Bulk copies of "oldies but goodies" Immunization Action Coalition resources
Issue 3: December 22, 1997
- New and revised print materials from the Immunization Action Coalition
- HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
Issue 2: December 9, 1997
- Announcing VACCINATE ADULTS!
- CDC's E-mail Immunization News Service
- CDC's National Immunization Information Hotline
Issue 1: November 14, 1997
- New ACIP Hepatitis B recommendations
- Spanish language immunization video