Vaccine News & Notes — September 2022

Dr. Offit discusses the latest on COVID-19 bivalent vaccines

With the recent availability of COVID-19 mRNA vaccines that deliver genes for the spike protein against two versions of the virus that causes COVID-19, the original (ancestral) strain and the BA.4/BA.5 variants, people may have questions. So, Dr. Offit recently recorded a video to describe what the bivalent vaccines are and who might need them as a booster.

Watch the video.

Updated, easy-to-read immunization schedule is “just ducky!”

The VEC recently updated our printable immunization schedule, and while we were at it, we gave it a new design too! If you have kids younger than 2 years of age in your orbit, check out our printable schedule today. Even if you don’t, you might just want to check out the new look — it’s just ducky!

• Schedule in English
• Schedule in Spanish

You may also want to check out the “Vaccine Schedule” section of our website, which addresses common schedule-related questions and vaccine considerations for specific groups. Likewise, the “Age groups and Vaccines” section of our website offers tips for different age groups before, during and after vaccinations.

Check out the redesigned Parents PACK homepage

With the launch of “Dr. Handy’s Corner,” we wanted to update and refresh the Parents PACK homepage. The new layout features a series of images and links to help you more easily navigate to the resources you are looking for. We hope you will find it to be more user friendly, and maybe you’ll even discover something “new to you” that we offer.

Check it out today!