IAC Express #928 Table of Contents

May 10, 2011

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Issue Number 928

May 9, 2011

CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE

1. Dr. Sharon G. Humiston joins the Immunization Action

Coalition as Associate Director for Research

2. Reminder: New issues of Needle Tips and Vaccinate Adults

available online

3. Correction: IAC posts second correction for " Medical

Management of Vaccine Reactions in Children and Teens "

4. CDC issues new editions of the VISs for the HPV vaccines

Gardasil and Cervarix

5. IAC revises its two most popular educational pieces,

" Summary of Recommendations for Child/Teen Immunization "

and " Summary of Recommendations for Adult Immunization "

6. CDC offers resources in response to recently reported

cases of imported measles

7. Spotlight on immunize.org: IAC's Measles web section

offers one-stop access to vaccination information

8. Cervical Cancer-Free America launched on May 5 in

Washington, DC

9. IAC's Video of the Week focuses on cervical cancer

prevention and treatment

10. Now in Spanish: 2011 U.S. immunization schedules for

children/teens and 2011 recommended vaccinations for

babies

11. IAC updates " Don't be Guilty of These Errors in Vaccine

Storage and Handling "

12. IAC's patient screening questionnaire " Are You 11 to 19

Years Old? " now available in Spanish

13. CDC's 2011 " Parent's Guide to Childhood Immunizations "

and 2011 " Immunization Works " CD available for order

14. IAC's popular laminated versions of the 2011 U.S.

immunization schedules are now available. Order a supply

for your workplace today!

15. National Influenza Vaccine Summit announces recipients of

its 2011 Immunization Excellence Awards

16. April issue of CDC's Immunization Works newsletter now

available

17. Award-winning DVD! " Immunization Techniques: Best

Practices with Infants, Children, and Adults " --from the

California Department of Public Health, Immunization

Branch

18. Scheduled for May 19: State University of New York

webcast on recognizing and correcting unsafe injection

practices

19. VICNetwork hosts " Speak Up! The 2011 Virtual Immunization

Symposium " on May 25

20. Now available: Abstracts, slides, and recordings of

presentations made at the 2011 National Immunization

Conference

21. May is Hepatitis Awareness Month

22. CDC reports on hepatitis C virus infection among

adolescents and young adults in Massachusetts

23. Symposium on HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment to be held

in New York City on May 16

24. NVHR's May 16 webinar to explore HHS's national strategy

for preventing and treating viral hepatitis

25. Conference on strategies to improve screening and

treatment of chronic viral hepatitis to be held June 4-5

in Atlanta

26. Guidelines for preventing disease associated with animals

published in MMWR Recommendations and Reports

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May 10, 2011