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An immunization update from the Minnesota Department of Health.

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November 2023

• Important reminders about COVID-19 vaccines for kids
• Changes to client follow-up in MIIC for COVID-19 vaccine
• MDH supports HPV vaccination starting at age 9
• HPV vaccination improvement project
• 2024 immunization schedules
• Deadline to re-enroll in MnVFC is Nov. 30
• Change in MIIC help and training services
• MIIC fall webinar series available online
• VPD surveillance update

Special edition (11/21/23)

• Reports of adult RSV vaccine products improperly given to infants

October 2023

• Prioritization of nirsevimab administration
• Viral Respiratory Illness in Minnesota webpage
• MIIC forecaster updates for RSV
• Vaccine Information Statements (VISs) for COVID-19 and RSV
• Stay vigilant for Acute Flaccid Myelitis this fall
• MMR vaccine reminder
• Remember to share post-vaccination care instructions
• VaxRef: A new translation tool for immunization records
• MnVFC annual re-enrollment due Nov. 30
• MIIC fall webinar series

September 2023

• 2023-24 COVID-19 vaccine update
• Bridge Access Program in Minnesota
• ACIP update: Two options available for preventing RSV in infants
• Meningococcal booster dose requirement
• MIIC forecaster updates for infant RSV
• Fall 2023 MIIC webinar series
• MIIC regional coordinator transition to IQIP consultant

August 2023

• Back to school and helping to get kids back on track
• Charmaine Branchaud named Minnesota Immunization Champion
• Flu vaccination recommendations are published
• MIIC text message-based reminder: Effectiveness Study overview
• Participant request: outpatient influenza-like surveillance for the 2023-2024 season
• Nirsevimab – a new product against RSV in infants

July 2023

• August is National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM)
• Back to school and immunization data
• Prepare for MnVFC flu vaccine distribution
• COVID-19 commercialization update
• RSV vaccine
• Current Vaccine Information Statements (VISs)

June 2023 (PDF)

• COVID-19 vaccine - what's next?
• MIIC forecaster changes
• Addressing childhood immunization gaps
• Think measles with summer travel
• ACIP update
• Meningococcal Disease and HIV

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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