“Vaccine News You Can Use” for Family Physicians – Fall 2023
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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 Fall 2023 edition of CFP, click here:
- Colorado Vaccines for Children (VFC) Pilot Program
- CDC promoting vaccinations to prevent a “tripledemic”
- COVID
- RSV – older adults
- RSV – infants and young children
- RSV – pregnant women
- Influenza
- CDC warns international travelers to protect themselves from measles
- ACIP OKs 20-valent PCV for kids
- Vaccine News Headlines:
- AAFP: Free online CME activity to inform FPs on the latest COVID vaccine recommendations (tinyurl.com/5rwh37pa)
- FDA: Approval of Biopharma’s anthrax vaccine (tinyurl.com/4npz5npb)
- HHS: COVID vaccine mandate for hospital workers has ended (tinyurl.com/37at3z7y)
- Study: COVID-19 mRNA vaccination during pregnancy results in strong immune responses for mothers and their infants (tinyurl.com/f9534238)
- Study: Safety of COVID-19 vaccines in children (tinyurl.com/yjjjsy7s)
- Study: mRNA COVID vaccine during pregnancy gives infants a robust immune response up to six months after birth (tinyurl.com/5n8sup4e)
- Letter to the Editor: COVID-19 vaccination safe in children with prior reactions or pre-existing conditions (tinyurl.com/2y32k9va)
- Medical Meeting: Glucose levels rise after COVID-19 booster in type 1 diabetes (tinyurl.com/zhw9bc86)
- News: Vaccine, immunotherapy combo may reduce skin cancer spread (tinyurl.com/yek4ufue)
- News: Fast-track tag granted to GSK’s gonorrhea vaccine (tinyurl.com/536549aa)
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