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An immunization update from the Minnesota Department of Health. Previous years available upon request.

2022

December 2022 (PDF)

• High levels of respiratory viral activity circulating
• Band Together to Protect Each Other against flu and COVID-19
• COVID-19 bivalent booster fact sheet
• Preventing COVID-19 vaccine errors
• Pneumococcal vaccine update
• Measles recommendations published
• Department of Human Services (DHS) postcard
• Central Minnesota Immunization Connection (CMIC) closure
• MIIC User Survey

November 2022 (PDF)

• Final reminder: MnVFC annual re-enrollment due today
• MIIC biannual webinar series recordings and CEUs
• Vaccine equity: Restart MMR vaccine conversations with parents previously hesitant
• COVID-19 bivalent booster fact sheet
• Varicella update
• Minnesota vaccination coverage highlight: Polio

October 2022 (PDF)

• Measles update
• Reminder: MnVFC annual re-enrollment due Nov. 30
• MIIC 20th anniversary
• MIIC Biannual Webinar Series
• Tdap catch-up for 7- to 9-year-olds
• MPX vaccine access

September 2022 (PDF)

• Fall flu guide
• MnVFC annual re-enrollment due Nov. 30
• Upcoming UUAV program change
• Measles outbreak and MMR vaccine
• MMR vaccine ordering
• Save the Dates: MIIC Biannual Webinar Series
• COVID-19 primary series and booster recommendation review

August 2022 (PDF)

• New immunization resource
• Vax to School
• Novavax COVID-19 vaccine to include 12-17-year-olds
• Flu vaccination recs are published
• Influenza vaccine distribution is underway
• UUAV influenza vaccine eligibility update
• Monkeypox (MPX) vaccine
• Entering data into MIIC
• Broadcast Fax service ending

July 2022 (PDF)

• Keep kids on track with well-child checks and immunizations
• Pertussis reminder
• Prepare for flu vaccine distribution
• Discontinuation of Diphtheria and Tetanus Toxoids Adsorbed (DT) vaccine
• Newly licensed 15-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine for kids
• Minnesota Health Care Programs (MCHP) provider billing for vaccine counseling visits
• Broadcast Fax service ending

June 2022 (PDF)

• COVID-19 vaccination recommendations for under 5
• New MMR product
• New child care data
• MIIC webinar series
• MDH vaccine protocols
• Monkeypox
• Immunization Champion Award
• NAIIS 2022 Immunization Excellence Awards call for nominations

May 2022 (PDF)

• Immunization rates decline for school-age kids
• Adolescent vaccine reminder postcard
• Are Your Kids Ready?
• Think measles: before and after travel
• Immunization Champion Award
• COVID update
• MIIC webinar series

April 2022 (PDF)

• Traveling patients? Think measles!
• Curious about your current immunization rates? Use the MIIC Assessment Reports!
• Adult immunization web content updates
• New Hepatitis B vaccination protocols published
• Current VISs

March 2022 (PDF)

• Need for more testing for varicella and zoster
• Change of meningococcal vaccine products
• Updated pneumococcal conjugate vaccine recommendations
• Another hepatitis B vaccine for adults
• Promote pediatric vaccination during National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW) April 24-30, 2022
• Immunization Quality Improvement for Providers (IQIP) can help raise coverage
• MIIC texting project

February 2022 (PDF)

• Updated interval for mRNA primary series
• Update on Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for people under 5 years
• ACIP recommends Moderna’s Spikevax (COVID-19 vaccine)
• MIIC Client Follow-Up Training Video Updated
• Promote HPV vaccination during International HPV Awareness Day on March 4

January 2022 (PDF)

• Kids Deserve a Shot vaccine incentive program
• Recombinant Zoster Vaccine (RZV) now recommended for immunocompromised people 19 years and older
• COVID-19 vaccine updates
• Vaccine recommendation updates
• Influenza vaccine prebook for the 2022-2023 season

2021

December 2021 (PDF)

• Preventing cervical cancers with HPV vaccination
• Influenza data trends
• MnVFC/UUAV flu vaccine still available to order
• Thank you, vaccination providers!

November 2021 (PDF)

• Adolescent COVID-19 vaccine data still lagging
• COVID-19 vaccination for children 5 to 11 years
• Booster doses for anyone 18 and older
• Very important: Sending complete and up-to-date demographic information
• Late season flu vaccine promotion
• Flucelvax age expansion
• Current VISs

October 2021 (PDF)

• Don’t miss an opportunity to protect pregnant Minnesotans from COVID-19
• COVID-19 vaccine booster doses
• COVID-19 vaccine for children 5-11 years
• COVID-19 and flu vaccine co-administration
• Request MnVFC/UUAV flu anytime
• MnVFC annual re-enrollment due Nov. 30, 2021

September 2021 (PDF)

• COVID-19 vaccine booster doses
• Enroll as a COVID-19 vaccine provider
• Sign up for weekly COVID-19 vaccine updates from MDH!
• Fall flu guide is here!
• Current VISs, September 2021
• New! Docket mobile app
• MnVFC annual re-enrollment due Nov. 30, 2021
• MIIC texting project

August 2021 (PDF)

• Catch-up pediatric patients on vaccines missed during the pandemic
• Promote all recommended vaccines at the same visit
• Additional COVID-19 vaccine dose for people who are immunocompromised
• Booster doses
• 2021-22 MnVFC flu vaccine distribution
• Fall flu guide is coming
• Be aware of acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) symptoms

July 2021 (PDF)

• August is National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM)
• The importance of getting kids back on track
• 2021 back-to-school immunization campaign
• Updated MIIC user guidance and training resources
• Enroll as a COVID-19 vaccine provider
• MnVFC flu distribution
• COVID-19 vaccine resources for providers

June 2021 (PDF)

• Help get kids back on track!
• Vaccinate adolescents for COVID-19
• COVID-19 vaccine site visits
• MIIC single vaccine assessment report for COVID-19
• VAXELIS vaccine for MnVFC
• ACIP update on myocarditis and pericarditis

May 2021 (PDF)

• Vaccinating adolescents for COVID-19
• Enroll as a COVID-19 vaccine provider
• 2021-22 MnVFC flu prebook timelines
• Client follow-up now ready in MIIC for COVID-19 vaccine
• New! VAXELIS vaccine
• International travel in the time of COVID-19

April 2021 (PDF)

• Pediatric vaccination gap - highlighting school immunization data
• Adolescent vaccination and COVID-19 vaccine
• Enroll as a COVID-19 vaccine provider
• Consider testing for pertussis
• 2021-22 MnVFC and UUAV flu prebook timelines
• MnVFC: New Meningococcal Vaccine Product Available: MenQuadfi (MenACWY-TT)

March 2021 (PDF)

• Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen COVID-19 vaccine
• Building COVID-19 vaccine confidence
• Kids remain behind in vaccinations
• Second dose guidance

February 2021 (PDF)

• New shipment timing for second doses
• Pfizer vaccine vials are now six-dose vials
• MIIC menu item for viewing history of COVID-19 vaccine orders
• Janssen (Johnson and Johnson) COVID-19 vaccine training
• Submitting race and ethnicity data to MIIC
• COVID-19 vaccination update for Minnesota
• Back to school vaccination reminders
• MIIC webinars

January 2021 (PDF)

• Keeping an eye on COVID-19 vaccine safety
• MIIC updates
• 2021-22 MnVFC influenza prebook
• New weekly COVID-19 vaccine provider bulletin
• Phase 1a COVID-19 vaccination update
• Pediatric vaccination gap