IAC Express #635 - Table of Contents

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IAC Express

Immunization news from the Immunization Action Coalition

***Combined Federal Campaign***

Federal employees, including military, may contribute to

IAC by using code #0233 on their pledge cards.

A web page version of this issue is available at

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Issue Number 635

December 11, 2006

CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE

1. New: CDC issues ACIP's recommendations on elimination of

hepatitis B virus infection in U.S. adults

2. New: CDC launches website to promote implementation of

revised hepatitis B immunization recommendations for adults

3. Important: Errors in table on vaccine storage temperatures in

the 2006 General Recommendations have been corrected

4. Reminder: Be sure to continue administering influenza

vaccines throughout December and into 2007

5. Revised VIS: CDC makes a minor change to interim VIS for

meningococcal vaccines

6. A must for every exam room: IAC's laminated U.S. adult

immunization schedule—updated for 2006-07

7. IAC revises its online Ask the Experts information on

rotavirus, zoster, and pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccines

8. December issue of CDC's Immunization Works electronic

newsletter now available

9. December 5 issue of IAC's Hep Express newsletter now online

10. MMWR compiles information about all its current continuing-

education exams into one handy reference list

11. WHO issues position paper on Hib vaccines

12. The Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization approves

$100 million for pneumococcal vaccine funding

13. PAHO publishes second edition of its book Recent Advances

in Immunization

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To subscribe to IAC Express, as well as to view past issues, please

visit http://www.immunize.org/express

This publication is supported in part by Grant No. U66/CCU524042

from the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases,

CDC, and Grant No. U50/CCU523259 from the Division of Viral Hepatitis,

CDC. Its contents are solely the responsibility of IAC and do not

necessarily represent the official views of CDC.

[Guest guest]

IAC Express

Immunization news from the Immunization Action Coalition

***Combined Federal Campaign***

Federal employees, including military, may contribute to

IAC by using code #0233 on their pledge cards.

A web page version of this issue is available at

http://www.immunize.org/express/issue635.asp

===============================================================

Issue Number 635

December 11, 2006

CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE

1. New: CDC issues ACIP's recommendations on elimination of

hepatitis B virus infection in U.S. adults

2. New: CDC launches website to promote implementation of

revised hepatitis B immunization recommendations for adults

3. Important: Errors in table on vaccine storage temperatures in

the 2006 General Recommendations have been corrected

4. Reminder: Be sure to continue administering influenza

vaccines throughout December and into 2007

5. Revised VIS: CDC makes a minor change to interim VIS for

meningococcal vaccines

6. A must for every exam room: IAC's laminated U.S. adult

immunization schedule—updated for 2006-07

7. IAC revises its online Ask the Experts information on

rotavirus, zoster, and pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccines

8. December issue of CDC's Immunization Works electronic

newsletter now available

9. December 5 issue of IAC's Hep Express newsletter now online

10. MMWR compiles information about all its current continuing-

education exams into one handy reference list

11. WHO issues position paper on Hib vaccines

12. The Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization approves

$100 million for pneumococcal vaccine funding

13. PAHO publishes second edition of its book Recent Advances

in Immunization

---------------------------------------------------------------

To subscribe to IAC Express, as well as to view past issues, please

visit http://www.immunize.org/express

This publication is supported in part by Grant No. U66/CCU524042

from the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases,

CDC, and Grant No. U50/CCU523259 from the Division of Viral Hepatitis,

CDC. Its contents are solely the responsibility of IAC and do not

necessarily represent the official views of CDC.