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
Find out about upcoming VEC events, including the April webinar and a panel discussion about vaccines on college campuses. Also, get updated on other new resources from the VEC.
Vaccine Update Newsletter February 2024
Vaccine Update is our monthly email newsletter that will keep you up to date on current vaccine-related issues.
- News & Views:
Have you ever diagnosed measles? - In the Journals:
A new option for preventing dengue? - Technically Speaking:
Pneumococcal vaccination of children - From SciCheck:
Unpacking the rat study that sparked claims that COVID-19 vaccines cause autism - From the Media:
Ethical considerations and adolescent vaccines
- On the Calendar:
Find upcoming meetings, webinars and observances - On the Bookshelf:
Breaking Through: My Life in Science by Katalin Karikó - Resources:
Updated website, new videos, V-safe and global vaccines report
Webinars
Get continuing education credits by viewing Vaccine Education Center webinars.
- Upcoming webinars
- April 3, 2024 - registration now open
- 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.