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

2024

December 2024

• Measles outbreak: overview, thank you, and next steps
• Pertussis cases continue to increase
• Prevent cervical cancer with HPV vaccination
• Prepare for end of maternal RSV vaccination season on Jan. 31
• Updated vaccine location finder for MnVFC and UUAV programs
• Promote seasonal influenza vaccine among livestock workers
• Updated VISs translations of COVID-19 and RSV
• Heplisav-B vaccine now an option for pregnant people
• PreHevbrio discontinuation and guidance

November 2024

• Tara Goebel named Minnesota immunization champion
• Yes! COVID-19 and flu media campaign
• CDC releases new respiratory vaccine coverage, confidence, and demand dashboards
• National Influenza Vaccination Week (NIVW) December 2-6
• Final reminder: MnVFC annual re-enrollment due November 30
• New 2025 immunization schedules are now available
• Printed copies of Are Your Kids Ready? available for order
• RespSafe registration
• Use current trivalent influenza vaccine codes this season
• Current vaccine information statements (VISs)

November 2024: ACIP Special Edition

• Additional doses of 2024-25 COVID-19 vaccine
• Pneumococcal vaccine eligibility lowered to 50 years old
• Schedules aligned for meningococcal B vaccines
• Fluzone high-dose and Fluad added to MnVFC program
• RSV protection across the lifespan
• New considerations for HPV
• Cytomegalovirus vaccine alert and new ACIP workgroup
• 2025 immunization schedules are approved
• Next ACIP meeting

October 2024

• MnVFC annual re-enrollment due November 30
• JYNNEOS doses expiring
• Interpreting polio immunization records from outside the United States
• Tdap vs Td vaccine clinical considerations
• Learn more about the immunization improvement program, RespSafe
• Promote vaccine safety and the vaccine adverse event reporting systems
• Updated vaccine information statements
• COVID-19 and flu immunizations page
• Stay vigilant for acute flaccid myelitis this fall

September 2024

• Measles continues in Minnesota
• MIIC texting program
• 2024-2025 respiratory vaccine (RespVax) provider guides
• COVID-19 updates
• Mpox health alert and vaccine FAQs
• Varicella cases on the rise
• Mark your calendar!
• Changes coming to dosing schedule for Bexsero MenB vaccine

August 2024

• Metro measles outbreak prompts accelerated vaccine recommendation
• The Minnesota Vaccines for Children (MnVFC) program celebrates 30 years!
• Are Your Kids Ready? update
• Respiratory season vaccination guidance
• Summer babies need RSV protection, too!
• New COVID-19 formulation
• Use caution entering flu vaccine into MIIC this season

July 2024

• August is National Immunization Awareness Month
• Measles in the Metro Area
• COVID-19 update
• COVID-19 vaccine reminder
• End of the Bridge Access Program
• ACIP updates
• Pertussis update
• Prepare children for back to school
• Pediatric zoster is reportable in Minnesota – and here’s why!

June 2024

• MnVFC program enrolling hospitals for nirsevimab (Beyfortus)
• Flu doses expiration
• ACIP update
• FDA makes and changes its COVID-19 vaccine strain recommendation
• Mpox awareness
• MIIC reminder/recall

May 2024

• Nominate an immunization champion by June 7
• End of the Bridge Access Program
• The ABC's of hepatitis for adults
• New immunization laws for pharmacy and child care
• Pertussis outbreaks update
• Six cases of measles confirmed in Minnesota in two weeks
• MIIC webinar series and continuing education units (CEUs)

April 2024

• National Infant Immunization Week
• Implement "start at age 9" approach in your clinic: HPV vaccination strategies webinar
• Mpox vaccine transition to commercial market
• Newcomer immunization guidance
• Notify MDH when a patient is being tested for measles
• Immunization champion award call for nominations
• HPV vaccination promotion postcard
• Parent-friendly 2024 immunization schedules
• New monoclonal antibody for COVID-19 pre-exposure prophylaxis
• MIIC webinar series and continuing education units

March 2024

• New ACIP recommendations and resolutions from February meeting
• Bridge Access Program
• School and child care immunization data
• Varicella changes
• HPV vaccine prevents oral cancer
• HPV vaccination quality improvement project
• National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW)
• Nirsevimab season ending
• MIIC webinar series and continuing education units (CEUs)

February 2024

• Updated COVID-19 vaccine recommendation for people 65 years of age and older
• Third case of measles confirmed in Minnesota
• Stay one step ahead of measles
• Nirsevimab season ending
• Drive immunization improvement with IQIP
• Pregnancy and Vaccination Pocket Guide updated
• Get free 2024 recommended immunization schedules

January 2024

• Boosting HPV vaccination rates webinar
• 2023-24 COVID-19 vaccine expiring soon
• Influenza vaccine prebook for the 2024-25 season
• "Yes! Get Your COVID-19 and Flu Vaccines" campaign
• Nirsevimab supply and recommendations
• Vaccination season for Abrysvo for pregnant people ends on Jan. 31

2023

December 2023

• Prevent cervical cancer with HPV vaccination
• HPV immunization improvement project to launch Feb. 6
• Participate in mycoplasma pneumoniae monitoring
• Provider recommendation to improve respiratory immunization uptake
• Abrysvo RSV vaccine for pregnant teens and RSV vaccine reminders
• MDH COVID postcard for kids
• Stay updated on VPD trends and tools
• Change to MIIC help and training services

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