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Dr. Offit’s newest book, Bad Faith: When Religious Belief Undermines Modern Medicine, is now available through regular booksellers. The book addresses parents’ rights to make health decisions for their children when these decisions are based on religious beliefs and are detrimental to the child.
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The American Academy of Pediatrics recently released two online courses aimed to help providers improve adolescent immunization rates, and Ohio's Top Ten Origins series addressed vaccinations.
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Find CDC's recommended U.S. immunization schedules for children, teens and adults, as well as IAC's updates of specialized recommendation summaries for situations that providers often find confusing.
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Read about the first-ever vaccine that has shown a high level of efficacy against dengue. The new vaccine promises for a brighter future for those children who live in regions where dengue virus infections are common.
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This is a good resource for those who participate in local immunization coalition or other non-profit organization in the community. Written in an easy-to-follow style and tone, this guide is useful even to those not well-versed in social media and other technologies commonly used today.
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Find information about measles, including handouts, an infographic and a video, as well weekly updates about the 2014-15 influenza season.
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With the recent outbreaks of measles we have been asked about what providers should do, and while we are not responsible for making policies, we thought it might be useful to share our position on this with a wider audience than those who specifically requested our input.
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The Vaccine Education Center is always trying to find new and unique ways to communicate about vaccines, so we are pleased to announce our newest tool, Just the Vax: Vaccine Trivia.
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Confusion and misinformation are common regarding vaccinations for healthcare personnel (HCP). Fortunately, excellent resources are available to help medical practices vaccinate their employees as recommended by the CDC.
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To determine which influenza strains to put into these yearly vaccines, researchers at CDC try to predict the strains that will be circulating in North America by examining those that are circulating in South America. Usually, they’re right. This year, they weren’t.