Got Your Shots? News

An immunization update from the Minnesota Department of Health.

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May 2023 (PDF)

• Hepatitis Awareness Month
• Adolescent Health Month: Promote on-time and catch-up adolescent immunization
• Vaccine protocol updates
• Updated Vaccine Information Statements (VIS)
• MIIC spring webinar series
• MIIC postcards coming soon to a child near you
• Help eligible Minnesotans keep their public insurance

April 2023 (PDF)

• Immunization Champion Award: Call for nominations
• MIIC spring webinar series
• MIIC postcards coming soon to a child near you
• Hepatitis B screening recommendation update
• Planning summer travel? Think measles
• Mumps testing and reporting reminder
• Help eligible Minnesotans keep their public insurance
• New resource for international travel vaccine timeline

March 2023 (PDF)

• Adolescent Immunization Action Week (#AIAW23)
• National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW)
• Immunization Champion Award
• HPV vaccination webinar series
• Use your immunization tools to avoid vaccine errors
• Intramuscular or subcutaneous administration for MMR II vaccine
• MIIC user survey
• MIIC spring webinar series
• MIIC texting program for reminder/recall
• Travelers health newsletter

February 2023 (PDF)

• Continue to think about and test for pertussis
• New ROTARIX liquid formulation
• By federal law, you must provide current Vaccine Information Statements (VISs)

January 2023 (PDF)

• New Immunize.org webinar
• Influenza vaccine prebook for the 2023-2024 season
• Changes to Medicare reimbursements for vaccines
• Increase recognition of pertussis
• MIIC client screen updates
• MIIC user survey
• Department of Human Services (DHS) postcard
• Central Minnesota Immunization Connection (CMIC) closure

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