I’ve been honored to write a quarterly column, “Vaccine News You Can Use” for the Colorado Family Physician journal for a number of years. If you’d like to see any of the vaccine updates that are listed below, that were contained in the Summer 2023 edition of CFP, click here:

• CDC releases childhood immunization schedule changesVaccine Awareness: Family Medicine Resources
• Vaccination in pregnancy: A call to all FPs for help
• Maternal Tdap decreased pertussis in infants under two months of age
• Young women doubt the safety of flu and COVID-19 vaccines during  pregnancy
• Good news for our Medicare patients
• What vaccinations prevent pneumococcal infection in people 65 years and older?
• FDA approves Prevnar 20 for children
• FDA OKs another bivalent COVID-19 booster for some groups
• Are the COVID-19 vaccines associated with Bell’s Palsy?
• RSV vaccine news
• Two mpox vaccine doses are more effective than one

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