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CDC Travelers' Health page lists current announcements, warnings. outbreaks and vaccine shortages.
6/26/09	ACIP votes to recommend reduced rabies vaccination series
6/11/09	World now at the start of 2009 influenza pandemic
6/9/09	The 2010 CDC Yellow Book is available for purchase. The Online 2010 Yellow Book will be available in Summer 2009! Includes risk management guidelines for 12 popular traveler destinations and a new pre-travel section.
6/9/09	Current Information on the Yellow Fever situation in Brazil.
5/19/09	CDC DOWNGRADES TRAVEL HEALTH WARNING REGARDING TRAVEL TO MEXICO TO A TRAVEL HEALTH PRECAUTION
4/23/09	Sanofi Hopes to Market Dengue Vaccine by 2015
4/23/09	CDC Guide to Vaccine Contraindications and Precautions including travel vaccines
4/23/09	Vaccine Preventable Disease Videos
4/17/09	Malaria Surveillance -- United States, 2007
4/13/09	FDA approves Coartem, New Malaria Treatment Drug Check out the CDC Malaria page for details and for information about new 5th strain of Simian Malaria
4/3/09	MMWR ARTICLE ENCOURAGES U.S. RESIDENTS TO BE VACCINATED AGAINST INFLUENZA BEFORE TRAVELING TO THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE
4/1/09	FDA Approves New Vaccine to Prevent Japanese Encephalitis
3/27/09	CDC's Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases (The Pink Book) The Pink Book will be available in May from the PHF online store.
1/29/09	Sign Up Sign up for free publications from the Immunization Action Coalition (IAC). IAC is known for its accurate, timely, succinctly written immunization publications that are delivered electronically.
1/8/09	Summary Report of the October 22-23, 2008 meeting of ACIP Read pages 77-85 for Revised Recommendations for the Use of JE Vaccines for US Travelers
12/18/08	Check out the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Training and Continuing Education Online Here you can: Search the calendar and catalog of courses Select a downlink site for satellite broadcasts Register for courses Complete course evaluation and exam View and print your transcript Print your continuing education certificate while sitting at your computer! Continuing Education Credits (CME, CNE, CEU and CHES) are now available for COCA Conference Calls!!!
11/25/08	Karl Neumann MD, Pediatrician and Travel Health specialist's user-friendly site Rich with useful information for traveling with children
11/25/08	Health Tips for Study Abroad
11/25/08	Podcast: Safe and Healthy Travel to China
11/25/08	Printable list of what to pack in a Travel Health Kit
11/6/08	Supercourse: Epidemiology, the Internet and Global Health University of Pittsburgh Supercourse A global repository of lectures on public health and prevention targeting educators across the world. Supercourse has a network of over 55,000 scientists in 174 countries who are sharing for free a library of 3,455 lectures in 26 languages.
10/28/08	"Give these people influenza vaccine" document from IAC lists CDC recommendations for flu vaccine, a good summary to post in your clinic.
10/28/08	New 6-page article by Ari Brown, MD, FAAP titled "Clear Answers & Smart Advice About Your Baby's Shots" about vaccines and autism. A new ready-to-copy article for parents on vaccine concerns.
10/28/08	The National Influenza Vaccine Summit website
10/28/08	Where can I get a flu shot?
9/4/08	Malaria Prevention in Short-term Travelers by Dr. D. Freedman. NEJM Vol 359: No. 6; August 7, 2008- page 603
9/4/08	The Third Expert Opinion for 2008 is now posted on the ISTM website. It is a comprehensive review of influenza and respiratory illnesses in travelers written by Dr. Karin Leder.
9/4/08	Flu vaccine for pregnant women and children. Learn which states enacted legislation requiring thimerosal-free vaccine for pregnant women and (anti-thimerosal/Mercury laws for pregnant women and under age 18).