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Latest updates on ACP's priorities, initiatives
ACP Spotlight offers readers a look at ACP's current top priorities and initiatives, as well as highlights from our e-newsletter, ACP Internist Weekly.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2021/05/latest-updates-on-acps-priorities-initiatives.htm
1 May 2021
August is National Immunization Awareness Month
ACP urges adults to get vaccinations to protect against preventable diseases.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2023/08/15/5.htm
15 Aug 2023
ACP urges adults to get their influenza vaccine during National Influenza Vaccination Week
ACP is urging all adults to get vaccinated as influenza season, holiday gatherings, and winter weather are here, along with the continued presence of COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2023/12/05/5.htm
5 Dec 2023
Adult immunization rates fall far short of goals
The CDC's Healthy People 2010 campaign aimed to have 60% of high-risk patients under 65 vaccinated against pneumonia and influenza. Actual immunization rates may be half of that. The president of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases describes the barriers and the solutions.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2011/04/immunize.htm
1 Apr 2011
New ACIP adult immunization schedule changes flu, hepatitis A and B vaccination advice
Among other updates from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, any licensed influenza vaccine that is appropriate for the age and health status of the patient may be used.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2019/02/05/1.htm
5 Feb 2019
Adult immunization schedule released for 2017
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices has released its 2017 Recommended Immunization Schedule for adults, with changes to influenza, human papillomavirus, hepatitis B, and meningococcal vaccinations.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2017/02/07/4.htm
7 Feb 2017
ACIP issues adult immunization schedule for 2018
Updated recommendations include those for herpes zoster and measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccinations.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2018/02/06/1.htm
6 Feb 2018
Latest updates on ACP's priorities, initiatives
ACP Spotlight offers readers a look at ACP's current top priorities and initiatives, as well as highlights from our e-newsletter, ACP Internist Weekly.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2020/10/latest-updates-on-acps-priorities-initiatives.htm
1 Oct 2020
ACP receives 4-year federal award to increase adult immunization rates nationwide
The award enables ACP to expand its 7-state evidence-based program to increase adult vaccination rates, which was funded by the CDC for 2013-2015.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2015/09/22/5.htm
22 Sep 2015
CDC issues reminder on appropriate use of recombinant zoster vaccine
Early monitoring suggests that clinicians are confusing the administration and storage requirements of the older live attenuated virus vaccine with the recently approved recombinant zoster vaccine, the agency said.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2018/06/05/5.htm
5 Jun 2018