Thursday, August 28, 2008

Our Newest Major Links

• ACIP revises influenza vaccine recommendations for 2005-06
  
  
• CDC issues revised adult immunization schedule
  
  
• FDA licenses measles-mumps-rubella-varicella (MMRV) vaccine
  
  
• Guidelines for investigating of contacts of infectious TB
  
  
• FDA’s order on anthrax vaccine
  
  
• Prevention of meningococcal disease
  
  
• Pandemic influenza planning
  
  
• Direct and indirect effects of Prevnar,1998—2003
  
  
• Strategy to eliminate hepatitis B
  
  

Vaccine News

The primary source of American immunization policy is the Recommendations & Reports supplements to the MMWR (the Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report), published by the CDC. New supplements in the RR series are posted periodically, on Fridays. The contents are searchable. For the most recent issues, go to MMWR--RR Contents.

For general information about the public's health and short changes to immunization policies, consult the weekly edition of the MMWR itself, updated each Friday. The contents are searchable: MMWR--Weekly Contents.

For a Wide Variety of Information: The National Immunization Program, such as immunization schedules, news, press releases, and related information.

Recent NIP Announcements are also available.

To ask questions of the National Immunization Program, send an e-mail message to them at nipinfo@cdc.gov