December 2011 (PDF:135KB/1 page)

• CDC Instructions for Transporting Varicella-Containing Vaccines
• CDC Childhood Immunization Champion Award Nominations
• Check your Thermometers
• MnVFC Flu Vaccine Still Available
• Flu Video Series Featuring the Commissioner of Health
• Vaccines for Uninsured and Underinsured Adults are Available
• A Sampling of Immunization Resources
• Go Green - Get GYS News via Email Instead of Fax

Special edition - December 13, 2011 (PDF:205KB/1 page)

• Clarification of Minnesota's school immunization exemption rate
• Start here for reliable information
  • Reliable Sources of Immunization Information
  • Talking about Vaccination
  • Helpful vaccine Q&A fact sheets
  • Don't delay immunizations
  • Resources from the 2011 GYS Immunization Conference
• Text4Baby

November 2011 (PDF:172KB/1 page)

• Hepatitis B vaccine now recommended for adults with diabetes
• Got a note from the school nurse? Take note!
• Ban the Bug Week 2011
• New flu coverage rates show great work in Minnesota
• FluMist replacement program
• 2011 Got Your Shots? Conference presentations available
• Vaccine Information Statements are required by law
• MnVFC reports due Nov. 30
• Additional MnVFC flu vaccine available

October 2011 (PDF:153KB/1 page)

• New information about influenza vaccine efficacy and effectiveness
• Not too high!
• HPV vaccine now reommended for males
• Varicella vaccine should be stored in the freezer
• Coming soon: Updated MnVFC Policies and Procedures Manual and Report Forms
• New VIS format
• September issue correction
• Go Green - Get GYS News via email instead of fax

Special Edition - Got Your Shots? Immunization Conference information October 2011 (PDF:421KB/1 page)

• This special edition of Got Your Shots? News offers information on registering for the upcoming Got Your Shots? Immunization Conference. Registration closes on Friday, Oct. 14.

September 2011 (PDF:178KB/1 page)

• Vaccine Highlights: Influenza Vaccine
• Flu vaccine practice considerations
• Register for the Got Your Shots? Immunization Conference!
• Febrile seizures after co-administration of flu and PCV13
• PCV13 reminder
• MIIC tip: Check that PCV13 is coded correctly
• Assess need and give MMR vaccine prior to international travel
• Stay current on vaccine issues

August 2011 (PDF: 222KB/1 page)

• CDC Immunization NetConference on influenza
• MnVFC seasonal flu vaccine
• Document flu shots in MIIC
• Got your "Do Not Unplug" sticker?
• Looking for this year's Minnesota Fall Flu Guide?
• Register for the Got Your Shots? Immunization Conference
• G. Scott Geibink Award nominations
• Other uses for frozen packs in Merck varicella shipments
• Want to stop getting faxes of the GYS News?
• Fax number changed? Feedback for us?

July 2011 (PDF: 97KB/1 page)

• We're back!
• 2011-2012 influenza vaccine is coming
• FDA approves Boostrix for use in people ages 65 and older
• Accelerated MMR schedule for children traveling or living abroad
• CDC Annual Immunization Update
• Current VISs, July 2011
• Vaccine Information Statements are required by law
• Go Green - Get GYS News via email instead of fax
• Fax number changed? Feedback for us?

June 2011 (PDF: 90KB/1 page)

• Measles outbreak over
• 2012 edition of the Yellow Book available
• Patient need yellow fever shot for travel?
• ACIP meeting
• Supplemental dose of PCV13
• CDC launches preteen and teen vaccine site
• New shipping packaging for Varivax, ProQuad and Zostavax
• Want to stop getting faxes of GYS News?
• Fax number changed? Feedback for us?

May 2011 (PDF: 128KB/1 page)

• Particulates in some Merck vaccines and Antivenin vials
• Storage and handling reminder
• National Influenza Vaccine Summit overview
• FDA expands license for Sanofi Pasteur's meningococcal vaccine
• May is Hepatitis Awareness Month
• MnVFC semi-annual report form(s) due May 31
• Provider resources for vaccine conversations with parents
• MIIC tip
• Want to stop getting faxes of the GYS News?
• Fax number changed? Feedback for us?

April 2011 (PDF: 134KB/1 page)

• Measles outbreak update
• New Pink Book edition includes chapter on storage and handling
• Tdap recommendations for health care personnel
• New vaccines website
• Current VISs, April 2011
• Vaccine Information Statements are required by law
• FDA expands zoster vaccine age indications
• Fax number changed? Feedback for us?

Got Your Shots? Special National Infant Immunization Week Edition - April 2011(PDF: 204KB/ 1 page)

• Talking to vaccine-hesitant parents
• Making the CASE for vaccines
• Example of using CASE
• Provider checklist
• Got Your Shots? Immunization Conference - Save the date!
• Additional resources

March 2011 (PDF: 90KB/1 page)

• Measles outbreak
• Where do you store your MMR?
• Still have influenza vaccine?
• Help protect vaccine from expiring
• Returning nonviable MnVFC vaccine
• Help promote MnVFC among parents whose children are underinsured or uninsured
• Get ready for National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW)
• Next CDC immunization net conference
• Webinar on parent vaccine concerns now online

February 2011 (PDF: 76KB/1 page)

• National immunization schedules updated
• Updates on ordering MnVFC vaccines
• It's almost time to order MnVFC flu vaccine
• Tripedia and TriHIBit being discontinued
• Prepare for spring flooding now!
• No extra immunizations needed during floods
• Do you have a role in preventing perinatal hepatitis B?
• Minnesota in top 10 for H1N1 vaccination levels
• Two new must-read books
• Fax number changed? Feedback for us?

January 2011 (PDF: 116KB/1 page)

• New meningococcal recommendations
• New General Recommendations
• New Tdap recommendations
• Influenza antiviral and rapid testing update
• Current VISs, January 2011
• Vaccine Information Statements are required by law
• Errata in December newsletter
• Influenza vaccination is recommended for almost everyone. Keep vaccinating all winter long!