Immunization Coalition of Delaware
Immunization is one of the most effective public health prevention strategies!
Monday, February 3, 2025 Over the weekend, the CDC.gov website with ACIP-approved Vaccine Schedules and Vaccine Information Schedules was taken offline, to modify them to align with the orders of the Trump administration. Some of that information can be found on our website: https://immunizedelaware.org/vaccine-information/.
From Paul Offit’s “Beyond the Noise:” Human papillomavirus (HPV) causes cancer. Every year, HPV causes about 20,000 cancers in women and 14,000 in men. For women, HPV is the only known cause of cervical cancer, accounting for about 11,000 cases and 4,000 deaths every year. For men, HPV is a common cause of head, neck, anal, and genital cancers. The first vaccine to prevent HPV (Gardasil) was licensed in 2006. With the licensure of an HPV vaccine that protected against additional strains in 2014, the incidence of cervical cancer has dropped 62 percent over the past decade. Perhaps no vaccine Read More …
ChristianaCare School Based Health Centers (SBHC) will be offering influenza (flu) vaccine to students beginning in mid-October. There are no co-pays, and they can offer VFC program immunizations. Immunization may be free of charge. SBHCs also offer other vaccines including: Click here for SBHC contact information. Or call the central office at 302-608-5741.
Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) launched the Let’s Get Real campaign to cut through the noise of misinformation and give parents the balanced information they need about childhood vaccines. The campaign provides verifiable facts so parents can get the information they want to make informed vaccine decisions, and it shares stories from doctors and peers on why most of us rely on vaccines to protect our children. Let’s Get Real also offers tools for health care professionals with pediatric patients.
To assess vaccination uptake rates in children aged ≤5 years, researchers analyzed longitudinal data at general practice level for England captured in the COVER programme. They found the absolute inequality in vaccine uptake at baseline (2019-2020) was largest for MMR2 in children at age 5 years. For all faccinations studied, the SII for uptake increased over the study period, and the number of children susceptible to measles increased 15-fold in the least deprived group. Read the study here.
Join Voices for Vaccines as they talk about vaccines, and how to have those conversations with family over the holidays. Wednesday, November 13 at 7:00 pm ET Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0rfuigrTsoHNUgPxXLhwKt6X1bQK9bJBaq
Medscape Education is pleased to announce the release of an education curriculum featuring expert perspectives on the prevention and management of viral hepatitis. This educational curriculum is intended for a US audience of infectious disease specialists, primary care physicians, obstetricians/gynecologists, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician’s assistants. This curriculum is available free of charge. Please visit the homepage for more information. Targeting Viral Hepatitis: A Road Map for Providers CME / ABIM MOC / CE are all available Three activities are part of the curriculum To earn credit, please visit: https://www.medscape.org/viewcollection
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommends routine vaccination of children aged 11–12 years with tetanus, diphtheria, and acellular pertussis vaccine (Tdap); quadrivalent meningococcal conjugate vaccine (MenACWY); and human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine (which may begin at age 9 years). At age 16 years, adolescents should receive a booster dose of MenACWY. In addition, persons aged 16–23 years may receive serogroup B meningococcal vaccine (MenB) on the basis of shared clinical decision-making. Adolescents should also catch up on missed childhood vaccines, stay current with COVID-19 vaccinations, and receive an annual influenza vaccine. CDC analyzed data from the 2023 National Immunization Read More …
FDA Approves and Authorizes Updated mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines to Better Protect Against Currently Circulating Variants August 22, 2024 – Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved and granted emergency use authorization (EUA) for updated mRNA COVID-19 vaccines (2024-2025 formula) to include a monovalent (single) component that corresponds to the Omicron variant KP.2 strain of SARS-CoV-2. The mRNA COVID-19 vaccines have been updated with this formula to more closely target currently circulating variants and provide better protection against serious consequences of COVID-19, including hospitalization and death. Today’s actions relate to updated mRNA COVID-19 vaccines manufactured by ModernaTX Inc. and Pfizer Read More …
In Dr. Paul Offit’s latest post on his substack, Beyond the Noise, he states: At a campaign rally on June 22, 2024, former president Donald Trump told a crowd of cheering fans, “I will not give one penny to any school that has a vaccine mandate.” Given that every public school in the United States has vaccine mandates, this would mean eliminating all federal funding for public schools. Will Trump’s statement pressure schools to eliminate mandates? More to the point, why are school vaccine mandates important? The best way to understand school vaccine mandates is through the lens of measles virus, the Read More …