Parents PACK Newsletter Archive
Download and read past issues of our Parents PACK e-newsletter in HTML and PDF format. Each monthly issue contains interesting and useful information about vaccines and vaccine-preventable diseases.
Read 2025 issues online
- December | PDF
Marsha's Story: “Do the Best I Can with What I’ve got” - November | PDF
Of clinical trials, package inserts and safe vaccines: Addressing some things you may have heard - October | PDF
A vaccine dictionary - September | PDF
New video and podcast series — Get info and a sneak peek - August | PDF
What’s your best memory? - July | PDF
9,000 Reasons for routine childhood hepatitis B vaccination - June | PDF
What we know and how we feel: Can you recognize the difference? Try it! - May | PDF
Is Moderna making another bivalent COVID-19 vaccine? - April | PDF
Have you wondered? Vaccine schedule edition - March | PDF
4 vaccine considerations for those with chronic medical conditions, including disabilities - February | PDF
Making vaccine decisions during pregnancy: What to know - January | PDF
Getting accurate information in an age of misinformation
Read 2024 issues online
- December | PDF
Parents PACK 2024: The year in review - November | PDF
Going to the source: Finding out more about a message that includes science - October | PDF
What’s in vaccines and why? - September | PDF
People Are Asking, “Should I Get a COVID-19 Vaccine This Fall?” - August | PDF
Update on Long COVID - July | PDF
JN-what? KP-what? Unscrambling the COVID-19 vaccine story - June | PDF
Empty chairs at dinner tables - May | PDF
Do vaccines cause chronic diseases? - April | PDF
Are mRNA vaccines a type of gene therapy? - March | PDF
Getting vaccinated as an adult: What should I know? - February | PDF
Deadly decisions? - January | PDF
Vaccines during pregnancy: The history and reasons behind the recommendations
Read 2023 issues online
- December | PDF
RRPF – “While We Breathe, We Hope” - November | PDF
Born almost deaf, Karen did not let rubella define her - October | PDF
RSV and babies — A bit of hope - September | PDF
A new vaccine … and it’s for adults! Find out more about RSV and the vaccine. - August | PDF
Pneumococcal Vaccines for Adults (Part 2): The Latest News - July | PDF
Pneumococcal Vaccines for Kids (Part 1): The Latest News - June | PDF
COVID-19 vaccine: What’s in the vial? - May | PDF
3 practical matters regarding COVID-19 in May 2023 - April | PDF
How many trivia questions about vaccine ingredients can you answer? - March | PDF
Does my child benefit from a COVID-19 vaccine? - February | PDF
Adult vaccine recommendations? What should I know? - January | PDF
Science Made Easy: Viral Transmission, Human Immunity & the Gap Called “Immunity Debt”
Select articles from previous years
2022
- Flu vaccine: What’s in the vial?
- What is RSV?
- Flu vaccine: What’s in the vial?
- DYK why HPV doesn’t mean cheating? Take our quiz.
2021
- 3 Considerations for COVID-19 vaccination of 5- to 11-year-old children: English | Spanish
- Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) & vaccines: The risks and recommendations
- Viral shedding and COVID-19: What can and can’t happen
- Medications and COVID-19 vaccines: What you should know
- Long-term side effects of COVID-19 vaccine? What we know.
2020
- Is your family putting on and taking off their masks safely?
- Dissecting social media: What you should know