2011 Immunization News

December 2011

• December 23, 2011, Vol 60 / Early Release
  Update: Influenza A (H3N2)v Transmission and Guidelines — Five States, 2011
  This report describes ... cases [of human infection with influenza A (H3N2)v viruses] and swine influenza virus (SIV) surveillance being conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)...
• December 23, 2011, Vol 60 / No. 50
  Use of Hepatitis B Vaccination for Adults with Diabetes Mellitus: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)
  This report summarizes these recommendations and provides the rationale used by ACIP to inform their decision making...
• December 23, 2011, Vol 60 / No. 50
  Recommendations on the Use of Quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus Vaccine in Males — Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), 2011
  These recommendations replace the October 2009 ACIP guidance that HPV4 may be given to males aged 9 through 26 years...
• December 9, 2011, Vol 60 / No. 48
  Announcements: Clinical Vaccinology Course — March 9–11, 2012
  CDC and seven other national organizations are collaborating with the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID), Emory University School of Medicine, and the Emory Vaccine Center to sponsor a Clinical Vaccinology Course to be held March 9–11, 2012, at the Hyatt Regency Chicago in Chicago, Illinois...
• December 9, 2011, Vol 60 / No. 48
  Announcements: 15th Annual Conference on Vaccine Research
  The largest scientific forum devoted exclusively to the research and development of vaccines and related technologies for prevention and treatment of disease through immunization, will be held May 7–9, 2012, at the Hyatt Regency Inner Harbor Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland...
• December 2, 2011, Vol 60 / No. 47
  Increased Transmission and Outbreaks of Measles — European Region, 2011
  As of October 26, a total of 26,074 measles cases with onset in 2011 have been reported regionwide, with outbreaks in 36 of 53 member states and nine measles-associated deaths...
• December 2, 2011, Vol 60 / No. 47
  Progress in the Introduction of Rotavirus Vaccine — Latin America and the Caribbean, 2006–2010
  This report summarizes 2010 WHO and United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) estimates of national vaccination coverage with the complete rotavirus series (2 doses of the monovalent vaccine or 3 doses of the pentavalent vaccine) and with the complete 3-dose series of diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccine (DTP3) among children aged <1 year for the 14 countries with a rotavirus vaccine program...
• December 2, 2011, Vol 60 / No. 47
  Limited Human-to-Human Transmission of Novel Influenza A (H3N2) Virus — Iowa, November 2011
  This report summarizes an investigation of three confirmed cases of human infection with S-OtrH3N2 virus in Iowa associated with limited person-to-person transmission...
  
• December 2, 2011, Vol 60 / No. 47
  Announcement: National Influenza Vaccination Week — December 4–10, 2011
  National Influenza Vaccination Week (NIVW) is a national observance established to highlight the importance of continuing influenza vaccination and to foster greater use of influenza vaccine through the holiday season into January and beyond...

November 2011

• November 25, 2011, Vol 60 / No. RR07
  Update on Immunization of Health-Care Personnel: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)
  This report summarizes all current ACIP recommendations for vaccination of HCP and does not contain any new recommendations or policies...
• November 11, 2011, Vol 60 / No. 44
  Update on Herpes Zoster Vaccine: Licensure for Persons Aged 50 Through 59 Years
  Considering all available evidence and the supply issues, ACIP declined to recommend the use of herpes zoster vaccine among adults aged 50 through 59 years and reaffirmed its existing recommendation that herpes zoster vaccine be routinely recommended for adults aged 60 years and older...
  
• November 11, 2011, Vol 60 / No. 44
  Global Routine Vaccination Coverage, 2010
  This report summarizes the status of vaccination coverage globally and regionally in 2010 and progress toward meeting the GIVS goal...
  
• November 4, 2011, Vol 60 / No. 43
  Erratum: Vol. 60, No. 43for the MMWR:
  Invasive Pneumococcal Disease and 13-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV13) Coverage Among Children Aged =59 Months -- Selected U.S. Regions, 2010-2011
  Given the potential for missed PCV13 vaccination, health-care providers should recommend PCV13 vaccination for all eligible children aged 14 through 59 months during all visits, and continue to ensure receipt of the full PCV13 primary series for younger children...
  
• November 4, 2011, Vol 60 / No. 43
  Progress Toward Poliomyelitis Eradication -- India, January 2010-September 2011
  This report updates previous reports and summarizes progress toward polio eradication in India during January 2010-September 2011...
  

October 2011

• October 21, 2011, Vol 60 / No. 41
  Updated Recommendations for Use of Tdap in Pregnant Women and Persons Who Have or Anticipate Having Close Contact with an Infant Aged < 12 Months - ACIP, 2011
  ACIP recommends a single Tdap dose for persons aged 11 through 18 years who have completed the recommended childhood diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and pertussis/diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and acellular pertussis (DTP/DTaP) vaccination series and for adults aged 19 through 64 years who have not previously received Tdap. ACIP also recommends that adults...
  
• October 21, 2011, Vol 60 / No. 41
  Addition of History of Intussusception as a Contraindication for Rotavirus Vaccination
  The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved revised prescribing information and patient labeling from GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals for the monovalent rotavirus vaccine (RV1, marketed as Rotarix) and revised prescribing...
  
• October 14, 2011, Vol 60 / No. 40
  Progress Toward Implementation of Human Papillomavirus Vaccination -- the Americas, 2006-2010
  This report summarizes the progress toward HPV vaccine introduction in the Americas, focusing on countries that have introduced the vaccine in national or regional immunization programs. As of January 2011, four countries in the...
• October 14, 2011, Vol 60 / No. 40
  Recommendation of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) for Use of Quadrivalent Meningococcal Conjugate Vaccine (MenACWY-D) Among Children Aged 9 Through 23 Months at Increased Risk for Invasive Meningococcal Disease
  In April 2011, the Food and Drug Administration approved the use of a quadrivalent meningococcal conjugate vaccine (MenACWY-D) (Menactra, Sanofi Pasteur) as a 2-dose primary series among children aged 9 through 23 months Vaccination...

September 2011

• September 30, 2011, Vol 60 / No. 38
  Progress in Implementing Measles Mortality Reduction Strategies -- India, 2010-2011
  This report provides an update on MCV1 coverage, progress in implementing MCV2, and measles outbreak surveillance activities conducted in eight states during 2006-2010. India has initiated implementation of a measles mortality reduction...
  
• September 30, 2011, Vol 60 / No. 38
  Notice to Readers: Revised Estimates of the Public Health Impact of 2009 Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) Vaccination
  In the May 20, 2011, report, "Ten Great Public Health Achievements -- United States, 2001-2010," on page 621, preliminary estimates of the impact of public health interventions during the 2009 H1N1 pandemic were presented...
• September 23, 2011, Vol 60 / No. 37
  FDA Approval of Expanded Age Indication for a Tetanus Toxoid, Reduced Diphtheria Toxoid and Acellular Pertussis Vaccine
  This notice summarizes the indications for use of Boostrix. Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) for Tdap vaccines have been published previously. Publication of revised Tdap recommendations within...
• September 23, 2011, Vol 60 / No. 37
  Announcements: Final State-Level 2010-11 Influenza Vaccination Coverage Estimates Available Online
  The online information includes estimates of the cumulative percentage of persons vaccinated by the end of each month, from August 2010 through May 2011, for each state, for each U.S. Department of Health and Human Services...
• September 2, 2011, Vol 60 / No. 34
  Notes from the Field: Measles Outbreak -- Indiana, June-July 2011
  On June 20, 2011, an emergency department (ED) physician reported five epidemiologically linked measles cases to the Indiana State Department of Health. The subsequent investigation identified a total of 14 confirmed...
  
• September 2, 2011, Vol 60 / No. 34
  National and State Vaccination Coverage Among Children Aged 19-35 Months -- United States, 2010
  This report describes the 2010 NIS coverage estimates for children born during January 2007-July 2009. Nationally, vaccination coverage increased in 2010 compared with 2009 for ≥1 dose of measles, mumps, and rubella...

August 2011

• August 26, 2011, Vol 60 / No. 33
  National and State Vaccination Coverage Among Adolescents Aged 13 Through 17 Years -- United States, 2010
  This report summarizes the results of that analysis, which found that coverage increased for all three of the routinely administered adolescent vaccines: Tdap from 55.6% to 68.7%, MenACWY from 53.6% to 62.7%...
• August 26, 2011, Vol 60 / No. 33
  Prevention and Control of Influenza with Vaccines: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), 2011
  This document provides updated guidance for the use of influenza vaccines in the United States for the 2011--12 influenza season. In 2010, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) first recommended annual influenza vaccination for all persons aged ≥6 months in the United States
• August 26, 2011, Vol 60 / No. 33
  Announcement: Clinical Vaccinology Course -- November 4-6, 2011
  This course is designed specifically for physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, pharmacists, vaccine program administrators, and other health professionals involved with or interested in the clinical use of vaccines. The course also will be of interest to health-care professionals involved...
• August 19, 2011, Vol 60 / No. 32
  Influenza Vaccination Coverage Among Health-Care Personnel -- United States, 2010-11 Influenza Season
  This report summarizes the results of that survey, which indicated that overall influenza vaccination coverage among HCP was 63.5% during the 2010-11 influenza season, similar to coverage for the 2009-10 season. Among HCP who reported working at a facility where vaccination was required by...
  
• August 19, 2011, Vol 60 / No. 32
  Influenza Vaccination Coverage Among Pregnant Women -- United States, 2010-11 Influenza Season
  These results indicate that the higher vaccination level achieved the previous season (2009-10) was sustained and emphasize the critical role of health-care providers in promoting influenza vaccination. Continued efforts are...
• August 18, 2011, Vol 60 Early Release
  Prevention and Control of Influenza with Vaccines: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), 2011
  This document provides updated guidance for the use of influenza vaccines in the United States for the 2011-12 influenza season. In 2010, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) first recommended annual...
  
• August 5, 2011, Vol 60 / No. 30
  Licensure of a Meningococcal Conjugate Vaccine for Children Aged 2 Through 10 Years and Updated Booster Dose Guidance for Adolescents and Other Persons at Increased Risk for Meningococcal Disease -- Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), 2011
  This report summarizes data supporting the extended age indication for MenACWY-CRM and the interchangeability of the two licensed meningococcal conjugate vaccines. The safety and immunogenicity of MenACWY-CRM in children aged 2 through 10 years was evaluated in a multicenter, randomized...

July 2011

• July 29, 2011, Vol 60 / No. 29
  Characteristics Associated With Seasonal Influenza Vaccination of Preschool Children -- Oregon, 2006-2008
  This report summarizes the results [of the 2006--2008 Oregon Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring Survey follow-back survey]. In Oregon, 37.7% of mothers reported that their children had received an influenza vaccination during the most recent influenza season. Factors positively associated with recent...
• e Family Practice News  July 5, 2011, (digital news network)
  ACIP Keeps Current Recommendations For Zoster Vaccine
  No changes are being made to the current recommendation of herpes zoster vaccination for adults aged 60 years and older, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s ACIP reported at its latest meeting. The Food and Drug Administration licensed the herpes zoster vaccine (Zostavax) for use in...
• July 1, 2011, Vol 60 / No. 25
  Update on Vaccine-Derived Polioviruses -- Worldwide, July 2009-March 2011
  This report updates previous surveillance summaries and describes VDPVs detected worldwide during July 2009-March 2011 and reported as of June 20, 2011. Three new outbreaks of circulating VDPVs (cVDPVs), ranging in size from six...
  

June 2011

• e Family Practice News  June 23, 2011, (digital news network)
  ACIP Recommends Flu Vaccine for Egg-Allergic People
  Influenza vaccine should be given to persons with less severe egg allergies, as long as certain conditions are observed, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s ACIP voted at its June 23 meeting. People with a less severe allergy were defined as "individuals who have experienced...
  
• June 24, 2011, Vol 60 / No. 24
  Ten Great Public Health Achievements -- Worldwide, 2001-2010
  ...this report describes global public health achievements during the same period. Experts in global public health were asked to nominate noteworthy public health achievements that occurred outside of the United States during...
  
• June 17, 2011, Vol 60 / No. 23
  Place of Influenza Vaccination Among Adults -- United States, 2010-11 Influenza Season
  This report summarizes the results of that analysis, which found that, for adults overall, a doctor's office was the most common place (39.8%) for receipt of the 2010-11 influenza vaccine, with stores (e.g., supermarkets or drug stores...
• June 10, 2011, Vol 60 / No. 22
  Interim Results: State-Specific Influenza Vaccination Coverage -- United States, August 2010-February 2011
  Among children aged 6 months-17 years, estimated national coverage was 49.0%, 6.7 percentage points higher than 2009-10 national seasonal coverage (42.3%)…
  
• June 3, 2011, Vol 60 / No. 21
  Erratum: Vol. 60, No. 21 for the MMWR:
  Vaccination Coverage Among Children in Kindergarten -- United States, 2009-10 School Year
  This report summarizes data from school assessment surveys submitted to CDC by 48 federal immunization program grantees (including 47 states and the District of Columbia) for the 2009-10 school year to describe vaccination...

May 2011

• May 27, 2011, Vol 60 / No. 20
  Recommendations for Use of a Booster Dose of Inactivated Vero Cell Culture-Derived Japanese Encephalitis Vaccine -- ACIP, 2011
  This report summarizes new data on the persistence of neutralizing antibodies following primary vaccination with JE-VC and the safety and immunogenicity of a booster dose of JE-VC. The report also provides updated guidance to...
  
• May 27, 2011, Vol 60 / No. 20
  Update on Japanese Encephalitis Vaccine for Children -- United States, May 2011
  This notice provides updated information regarding options for obtaining JE vaccine for U.S. children. JE virus is the leading cause of vaccine-preventable encephalitis in Asia and the western Pacific. For most travelers to Asia, the risk for JE is...
  
• May 27, 2011, Vol 60 / No. 20
  Measles -- United States, January-May 20, 2011
  The unusually large number of importations into the United States in the first 19 weeks of 2011 is related to recent increases in measles in countries visited by U.S. travelers...
  
• May 20, 2011, Vol 60 / No. 19
  Ten Great Public Health Achievements -- United States, 2001-2010
  This report assesses advances in public health during the first 10 years of the 21st century. Public health scientists at CDC were asked to nominate noteworthy public health achievements that occurred in the United States during...
• May 13, 2011, Vol 60 / No. 18
  Progress Toward Interruption of Wild Poliovirus Transmission -- Worldwide, January 2010-March 2011
  This update summarizes progress toward polio eradication during 2010 and the first quarter of 2011. Worldwide, 1,291 WPV cases were reported in 2010, a 19% decrease from 2009; WPV type 3 (WPV3) cases decreased 92%, but WPV...

April 2011

• April 29, 2011, Vol 60 / No. SS04
  County-Level Trends in Vaccination Coverage Among Children Aged 19-35 Months -- United States, 1995-2008
  To characterize trends in estimated vaccination coverage among children aged 19-35 months in 257 selected U. S. counties, CDC analyzed 1995-2008 data from the National Immunization Survey (NIS) to determine achievement of Healthy People 2010 objectives of 90% vaccination coverage for individual vaccines and 80% for vaccine series of certain routinely recommended childhood vaccines...
• e Family Practice News  April 22, 2011, (digital news network)
  Menactra Approved for Children 9 Months and Older
  The meningococcal disease vaccine Menactra is approved for use in children as young as 9 months old, the Food and Drug Administration announced April 22. Previously, the vaccine was approved for use in people ages 2 through...
  
• April 22, 2011, Vol 60 / No. 15
  Announcements: National Infant Immunization Week -- April 23-30, 2011
  CDC observes the 17th annual National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW) during April 23-30, 2011. Local and state health departments, national immunization partners, health-care professionals, and community leaders from across the country will collaborate to highlight the achievements and benefits of immunization through community-wide activities and events...
  
• April 15, 2011, Vol 60 / No. 14
  Tracking Progress Toward Global Polio Eradication -- Worldwide, 2009-2010
  This report assesses the quality of polio surveillance and the timeliness of poliovirus isolation reporting and characterization worldwide during 2009-2010. During that period, 77% of countries affected by wild poliovirus (WPV)...
• April 8, 2011, Vol 60 / No. 13
  Measles Imported by Returning U.S. Travelers Aged 6-23 Months, 2001--2011
  Although all seven children had been eligible for vaccination before travel, none had received measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine, the only measles-containing vaccine currently available in the United States. To...
• April 8, 2011, Vol 60 / No. 13
  Notes from the Field: Measles Outbreak -- Hennepin County, Minnesota, February-March 2011
  As of April 1, investigation of contacts and heightened surveillance had revealed a total of 13 epidemiologically linked cases in Hennepin County residents. Of those cases, 11 were laboratory confirmed, and two were in household...
• April 8, 2011, Vol 60 / No. 13
  Assessing Completeness of Perinatal Hepatitis B Virus Infection Reporting Through Comparison of Immunization Program and Surveillance Data -- United States
  In the United States, an estimated 24,000 women with hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection give birth each year. To prevent mother-to-child HBV transmission, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices...
• April 1, 2011, Vol 60 / No. 12
  Measles Outbreaks and Progress Toward Measles Preelimination -- African Region, 2009-2010
  This report updates progress toward the preelimination goal during 2009-2010 and summarizes measles outbreaks occurring in African Region (AFR) countries since 2008. Of the 46 AFR countries, 12 (26%) reported measles incidence of...

February 2011

• February 11, 2011, Vol 60 / No. 05
  Erratum: Vol. 60, No. 5 for the MMWR:
  Recommended Immunization Schedules for Persons Aged 0 Through 18 Years -- United States, 2011
  This schedule includes recommendations in effect as of December 21, 2010. Any dose not administered at the recommended age should be administered at a subsequent visit, when indicated and feasible. The use of a combination...
  
• February 4, 2011, Vol 60 / No. 04
  Recommended Adult Immunization Schedule -- United States, 2011
  These schedules indicate the recommended age groups and medical indications for which administration of currently licensed vaccines is commonly indicated for adults ages 19 years and older, as of January 1, 2011. For all vaccines being...

January 2011

• January 28, 2011, Vol 60 / No. RR02
  Erratum: Vol. 60, No. RR02 for the MMWR:
  General Recommendations on Immunization
  This report provides information for clinicians and other health-care providers about concerns that commonly arise when vaccinating persons of various ages. Providers and patients encounter numerous issues, such as the timing of each...
• January 28, 2011, Vol 60 / No. 03
  Updated Recommendations for Use of Meningococcal Conjugate Vaccines-- Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), 2010
  This report summarizes two new recommendations approved by ACIP: routine vaccination of adolescents, preferably at age 11 or 12 years, with a booster dose at age 16 years and a 2-dose primary series administered 2 months apart...
• January 14, 2011, Vol 60 / No. 01
  Local Health Department Costs Associated with Response to a School-Based Pertussis Outbreak -- Omaha, Nebraska, September-November 2008
  This report describes the results of that analysis, which indicated that 1) staff members reported 1,032 person-hours spent responding to the outbreak, and 2) the total cost of outbreak response, including overhead, labor, travel, and...
  
• January 14, 2011, Vol 60 / No. 01
  Progress in Immunization Information Systems -- United States, 2009
  Among the capabilities of an IIS are the capacity to inform vaccine providers of upcoming patient vaccination needs; generate vaccination coverage reports, patient reminders, or recalls for past due vaccinations; and interoperate...
• January 14, 2011, Vol 60 / No. 01
  Updated Recommendations for Use of Tetanus Toxoid, Reduced Diphtheria Toxoid and Acellular Pertussis (Tdap) Vaccine from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, 2010
  This report provides the updated recommendations, summarizes the safety and effectiveness data considered by ACIP, and provides guidance for implementing the recommendations.ACIP recommends a single Tdap dose for persons...
• January 14, 2011, Vol 60 / No. 01
  Influenza Vaccination Coverage -- United States, 2000-2010
  Although childhood vaccination programs in the United States have been successful, adolescent programs remain relatively new and adult vaccination programs, although well established, have not achieved acceptable...
• January 7, 2011, Vol 59 / No. 51
  Announcements: Clinical Vaccinology Course -- March 4-6, 2011
  This course is designed specifically for physicians, nurses, physician assistants, pharmacists, vaccine program administrators, and other health professionals involved with or interested in the clinical use of...