DPH Announces Second Negative Test Result for Coronavirus

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DOVER (February 13, 2020) – The Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH) is announcing that one of two pending test results for 2019 novel coronavirus (now known as COVID-19) has come back negative. The individual has been discharged from the hospital and is continuing to recover from their underlying illness at home. Test results for one other person are still pending from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and are expected in the coming days. The individual, a New Castle County resident, remains hospitalized until test results are returned. No additional information is being provided about either individual. In Read More …

State of the ImmUnion – 2019

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Every year, Vaccinate Your Family (VYF) writes and distributes a State of the ImmUnion report to help examine the strength of our country’s defenses against vaccine-preventable diseases, and what we can do, as public health advocates and policymakers to make our country stronger and more resilient in the face of emerging health threats. Read the report here: https://www.vaccinateyourfamily.org/join-us-in-support-of-vaccines/make-a-national-impact/state-of-the-immunion-report/

What are the symptoms of the new coronavirus and how deadly is it?

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January 24, 2020 | Jessica Hamzelou At the end of 2019, health authorities in China alerted the world to a potentially new virus that had caused pneumonia in a handful of people in Wuhan since mid-December. The number of cases has since exploded, with more than 600 cases confirmed as of 23 January. The virus has been confirmed to be a new coronavirus, in the same family as SARS and MERS. What is a coronavirus? Coronaviruses are common, and typically cause mild respiratory symptoms such as a cough or runny nose. Some are more dangerous. SARS, which infected more than 8000 people, was Read More …

Immunization Coalitions Request

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Vaccinate Your Family asked immunization coalitions throughout the states to add their name to a letter requesting U.S. Customs and Border Patrol to vaccinate those people – particularly children – in their custody against influenza.   The ICD added our name to a list of 54 signatories that was shared with Acting Secretary McAleenan, Secretary Azar, Director Redfield, and Surgeon General Adams. https://www.vaccinateyourfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Immunization-Community-Request-for-the-Vaccination-of-Detainees-in-CBP-Custody-October-2019_final.pdf

NFID Clinical Vaccinology Course

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November 16 – 17, 2019Washington, DC This 2-day course focuses on new developments and issues related to the use of vaccines. Expert faculty provide the latest information on vaccines, including updated recommendations for vaccinations across the lifespan, and innovative and practical strategies for ensuring timely and appropriate immunization. For more information, check out the course website!

JAMA: Associations of legislative interventions and vaccine use in California

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Pingali, S.C., Delamater, P.L., Buttenheim, A.M., et al (2019). Findings  In this observational study of school-level data from 9 323 315 kindergartners who started attending school between 2000 and 2017, the rate of kindergartners without up-to-date vaccination status decreased from 9.84% during 2013 (before the interventions) to 4.87% during 2017 (after the interventions). Read more

DelVAX / Google Chrome Bug

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6/24/2019: This issue has been resolved Envision, our DelVAX vendor, has discovered a bug in the latest version of Google Chrome (v75+) that is causing duplicate entry or error messages when entering data into DelVAX.  While Chrome and Envision are working on the bug (not going to be a quick fix), it is recommended that you not use Chrome when entering data into DelVAX.  Internet Explorer 11, Firefox and Edge are ok to use.