Vaccine Update for Healthcare Professionals
This is the Vaccine Education Center's (VEC) website for healthcare providers. Here you will find VEC announcements, current and past articles from our Vaccine Update newsletter and information about our upcoming webinars.
VEC Announcements
Watch Dr. Lori Handy’s latest video about measles vaccine boosters during outbreaks. Read a new article about whether vaccines cause chronic diseases, and meet the 2024 Maurice R. Hilleman Essay Contest winners.
Vaccine Update Newsletter May 2024
Vaccine Update is our monthly email newsletter that will keep you up to date on current vaccine-related issues.
- News & Views:
Vaccine Communication (Part 2): The Message and the messenger - In the Journals:
Avian influenza (H5N1) in a dairy farm worker - Technically Speaking:
Addressing missed opportunities for vaccination - From SciCheck:
“Still No Evidence COVID-19 Vaccination Increases Cancer Risk, Despite Posts”
- From the Media:
Six deaths per minute averted - On the Calendar:
Find upcoming meetings, webinars and observances - Resources:
Viral hepatitis, updated vaccine recommendations, and WHO position papers
Webinars
Get continuing education credits by viewing Vaccine Education Center webinars.
- Upcoming webinars
- Sept. 11, 2024
- Dec. 4, 2024
- Download the 2024 webinar calendar.
- View past webinars.
Educational Materials
Use our free "Prescription for Information" pads to send your patients and their families to our online information. These pads can be viewed and printed online (English [PDF, 143KB], Spanish [PDF, 146KB]) or ordered using this form [PDF, 113KB] or the online free materials order form.
Introduce your patients and their families to the free program called Parents PACK using the Parents PACK tear pad [PDF, 625KB], so that they have a reliable source of information about vaccines. Parents PACK tear pads can also be ordered free of charge using this form [PDF, 113KB] or the online free materials order form.