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 Pennsylvania: At the forefront in the prevention of infectious diseases and check out a recent article about some of the ways that climate change can impact the spread of infectious diseases.
Vaccine Update Newsletter April 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 1) — The Recipient - In the Journals:
Paxlovid — Resolution of symptoms versus reduction of severity - Technically Speaking:
The rainbow of vaccine-related books - From SciCheck:
“Posts Raise Unfounded Concerns About Aluminum in Vaccines”
- From the Media:
VYF’s “State of the ImmUnion” report - On the Calendar:
Find upcoming meetings, webinars and observances - Resources:
H5N1 webpage; annual influenza vaccine composition
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.