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Vaccine Update for Healthcare ProvidersRegistration is now open for the next “Current Issues in Vaccines” webinar. Scheduled for April 3, 2024, at noon ET, Dr. Offit will discuss:
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The “Current Issues in Vaccines” series is supported by the Thomas F. McNair Scott Endowed Research and Lectureship Fund and co-sponsored in collaboration with the Pennsylvania chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics and Nesbitt School of Pharmacy at Wilkes University.
The Vaccine Education Center (VEC) is partnering with PolicyLab at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) to host a virtual discussion, "Improving Campus Health — Building on Research to Increase Vaccination Rates."
The discussion will occur on Thursday, March 14 from 11 a.m. – noon ET and will include a virtual conversation with adolescent and young adult health, vaccine, and policy experts to discuss the challenges college health administrators face when addressing vaccination rates on campuses, what on-the-ground implementation of these recommendations looks like for administrators, and how researchers, students, college health administrators and others can partner to strengthen vaccine uptake among college students.
Panelists will include:
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The VEC recently released the following videos:
Dr. Offit’s latest book is now available from retail booksellers (Amazon | Barnes & Noble). The Penguin Random House website includes links to several other booksellers.
The February 2024 issue of The Hilleman Chronicle, the VEC’s newsletter for science and history enthusiasts, featured a discussion on the importance of maternal antibodies. The article reviewed the development of the immune system during gestation and in the weeks after birth, offering a framework for the importance of maternal antibodies in newborns. The discussion then turned attention to how maternal antibodies and the immunization schedule are brought together to ensure that babies are protected as maternal antibodies wane. The final section discussed how vaccination during pregnancy has been used in a small number of scenarios to ensure that babies are protected from diseases that are particularly harmful to newborns.
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