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
Register for the April 3 webinar during which Dr. Offit will discuss common misconceptions related to COVID-19 vaccines. Watch a panel discussion hosted by the VEC and PolicyLab at CHOP about vaccines and college health.
Vaccine Update Newsletter March 2024
Vaccine Update is our monthly email newsletter that will keep you up to date on current vaccine-related issues.
- News & Views:
Public perceptions of science and their role in health decision-making - In the Journals:
RSV vaccine during pregnancy and risk of preterm birth - Technically Speaking:
It’s about time - From SciCheck:
COVID-19 vaccine side effects - From the Media:
"Digital Safety Kit for Public Health"
- On the Calendar:
Find upcoming meetings, webinars and observances - On the Bookshelf:
"2023 Nobel Prize Summit: Truth, Trust, and Hope" - Resources:
WHO report on disinformation and cyberattacks during the COVID-19 pandemic
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.