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Vaccinate Your Family (VYF) has released a new series of videos that capture the stories of five individuals who share their...
Mar 10, 2020 | Kimberly Sharpe-Scott
Vaccinate Your Family recently released its fourth annual State of the ImmUnion (SOTI) report. The 2020 report examines how strong the...
Feb 19, 2020 | Kimberly Sharpe-Scott
Clinical Infectious Diseases published an article on a review of measles outbreak cost estimates from the U.S. in the post-elimination...
Feb 18, 2020 | Kim Rodgers
Nurses are critical members of the immunization team and have a powerful role to play in getting HPV vaccination done. The National...
Last year marked the highest number of measles cases in a single year in the United States since 1992, with a total of 1,282 confirmed...
Nurses and medical assistants play a key role in improving vaccine acceptance, as they come in contact with parents throughout the...
Feb 10, 2020 | Kim Rodgers
On January 28th, the National HPV Vaccination Roundtable launched We’re In! 2020 to invite U.S. health systems and public health...
Feb 10, 2020 | Kimberly Sharpe-Scott
A new continuing education (CE) activity from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) gives nurses, medical assistants...
Following the release of new recommendations issued by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), the Centers for...
Feb 04, 2020 | Kimberly Sharpe-Scott
Vaccinate Your Family (VYF) has released a new series of videos that capture the stories of five individuals who share their first-hand experiences with vaccine-preventable diseases and disease outbreaks, and their often devastating consequences. Each of the stories has a unique perspective, but all of them offer the same message “please vaccinate to protect your […]
Vaccinate Your Family recently released its fourth annual State of the ImmUnion (SOTI) report. The 2020 report examines how strong the nation’s defenses truly are against vaccine-preventable diseases and what public health advocates and legislators can do to make the country stronger and more resilient in the face of disease outbreaks and other emerging health threats. […]
Clinical Infectious Diseases published an article on a review of measles outbreak cost estimates from the U.S. in the post-elimination era (2004-2017). The abstract is included below. Despite the elimination of measles in the U.S. in the year 2000, cases continue to occur with measles outbreaks having occurred in various jurisdictions in the U.S. in 2018 […]
Nurses are critical members of the immunization team and have a powerful role to play in getting HPV vaccination done. The National HPV Vaccination Roundtable created the HPV Prevention: Nurses Get it Done! toolkit as an educational resource for nurses at all practice levels to empower confident initiation and completion of the HPV vaccination series. […]
Last year marked the highest number of measles cases in a single year in the United States since 1992, with a total of 1,282 confirmed cases. More than 73% of these cases were linked to outbreaks in New York, affecting under-vaccinated communities. Measles was declared eliminated in the United States in 2000; however, the sustained […]
Nurses and medical assistants play a key role in improving vaccine acceptance, as they come in contact with parents throughout the office visit. CDC has launched a new free Continuing Education (CE) activity called How Nurses and Medical Assistants Can Foster a Culture of Immunization in the Practice. The new CE teaches practical strategies to improve […]
On January 28th, the National HPV Vaccination Roundtable launched We’re In! 2020 to invite U.S. health systems and public health organizations to raise HPV vaccination rates. Join them in protecting adolescent population health by signing on to this initiative. Here are all the pieces you need to engage in We’re In! 2020 We’re In! 2020 […]
A new continuing education (CE) activity from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) gives nurses, medical assistants and other healthcare professionals (HCPs) practical strategies to improve vaccination rates in their practice. The CE demonstrates how to deliver clear and concise vaccine recommendations and address parents’ frequently asked questions. Research shows that healthcare...
Following the release of new recommendations issued by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released the 2020 child/adolescent and adult immunization schedules. The 2020 adult immunization schedule includes several updates and additions. Adults up to age 26 who are not fully vaccinated should receive catch-up HPV...
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