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Issue Number 635
December 11, 2006

CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE

1. New: CDC issues ACIP's recommendations on elimination of
hepatitis B virus infection in U.S. adults
2. New: CDC launches website to promote implementation of
revised hepatitis B immunization recommendations for adults
3. Important: Errors in table on vaccine storage temperatures in
the 2006 General Recommendations have been corrected
4. Reminder: Be sure to continue administering influenza
vaccines throughout December and into 2007
5. Revised VIS: CDC makes a minor change to interim VIS for
meningococcal vaccines
6. A must for every exam room: IAC's laminated U.S. adult
immunization schedule—updated for 2006-07
7. IAC revises its online Ask the Experts information on
rotavirus, zoster, and pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccines
8. December issue of CDC's Immunization Works electronic
newsletter now available
9. December 5 issue of IAC's Hep Express newsletter now online
10. MMWR compiles information about all its current continuing-
education exams into one handy reference list
11. WHO issues position paper on Hib vaccines
12. The Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization approves
$100 million for pneumococcal vaccine funding
13. PAHO publishes second edition of its book Recent Advances
in Immunization
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