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12/29/20

COVID-19 Vaccines: Update on Allergic Reactions, Contraindications, and Precautions
Wednesday December 30, 2020
2-3PM ET

During this COCA call, clinicians will give an overview of recommendations for use of COVID-19 vaccines in certain populations. Clinicians will learn more about the recent reports of anaphylaxis following vaccination, as well as CDC's updated clinical considerations around contraindications and precautions to vaccination.

For more details and the Zoom link, go to the COCA website.

12/29/20

Past Presidents Julie Richards and Gail Rosselot recently published an article in the Journal of Travel Medicine about the implications of ANA specialty recognition for Travel Health Nursing here in the US. The Perspectives piece is timed to coincide with the soon to be published Travel Health Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice. According to Julie, "We believe specialty recognition will go a long way in improving the quality of care for travelers and the communities they impact. We hope travel health professionals in all 50 states can benefit." ATHNA will feature an article on this website introducing the new Scope & Standards when they become available early in 2021.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33156895/

3/26/20

Guidelines for colleges and universities

US Centers for Disease Control Institutes of Higher Education Guidelines

3/3/20

Travel Health Nursing Officially Recognized by the American Nurses Association (ANA) as the Newest Nursing Specialty in the United States

2/26/20

Introducing Sandy Weinberg, Interim President, American Travel Health Nurses Association

1/21/20

Why There's A Global Outcry Over Volunteering At Orphanages

1/21/20

CDC To Screen For New Strain Of Coronavirus At 3 U.S. Airports

1/9/20

NEW Zika and Dengue Testing Guidance (Updated November 2019)

11/25/19

Guidance for Using Tafenoquine for Prevention and Antirelapse Therapy forMalaria - United States, 2019 (MMWR)

11/25/19

Use of 13-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine and 23-Valent PneumococcalPolysaccharide Vaccine Among Adults Aged =65 Years: UpdatedRecommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (MMWR)

11/12/19

Past Presidents' Council: Letter to The New York Times

10/26/19

The U.S. has stopped Ebola before. But it may never repeat that success.

10/25/19

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease: Broadly Protective Antibodies Could Lead to Better Flu Treatments and Vaccines

10/15/19

Zika: Researchers Are Learning More About The Long-Term Consequences For Children (NPR)

7/29/19

Rabies Death in Canada

7/27/19

Are you ready for October 1, 2020? Flying with a Real ID

7/23/19

Rabies Kills Tens of Thousands Yearly. Vaccinating Dogs Could Stop It (NYT)

7/23/19

Japanese Encephalitis Vaccine: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (MMWR)

5/6/19

Travel-associated Rickettsioses Guidance: Pre-travel Counseling, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Reporting

4/18/19

COCA CE, Travel-associated Rickettsioses Guidance: Pre-travel Counseling, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Reporting (CDC)

4/18/19

COCA CE, Guidance for Using Intravenous Artesunate for Treating Severe Malaria in the United States (CDC)

3/6/19

CDC to offer March 13 webinar about the changes in the 2019 child/teen and adult immunization schedules

3/6/19

The Unintended Benefits Of Vaccines

3/6/19

Promising New Bed Net Strategy To Zap Malaria Parasite In Mosquitoes

3/6/19

Why Doctors Without Borders Is Suspending Work In The Ebola Epicenter In Congo

1/31/19

Set of Genes Predicts Severity of Dengue (Stanford Medicine News)

1/27/19

Field Epidemiologist Omesh Kumar Bharti wins Padma Shree award for ground breaking rabies research to make rabies prevention affordable. (Recommendations adopted for WHO guidelines while CDC recommendations have not changed).

1/25/19

Deadly Ebola Virus Found in Liberian Bat, Researchers Say

1/21/19

Welcome to the World's Largest Gathering of Humans

12/10/18

Vaccine Update for Healthcare Professionals (CHOP)

11/19/18

Free CE MMWR: Global Routine Vaccination Coverage - 2017

11/12/18

Why the CDC is OK with no gloves with vaccine administration

11/8/18

CDC Updates Regarding Hep A and Travelers: Update: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices for Use of Hepatitis A Vaccine for Postexposure Prophylaxis and for Preexposure Prophylaxis for International Travel (MMWR)

11/8/18

Supplementary text 1. Provider Guidance on Risk Assessment and Clinical Decision-making for Hepatitis A Postexposure Prophylaxis. Supplements: Update: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices for use of Hepatitis A vaccine for post-exposure prophylaxis and for international travel

11/8/18

Supplementary text 2. Provider Guidance for Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis for Travelers aged =12 months. Supplements: Update: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices for use of Hepatitis A vaccine for post-exposure prophylaxis and for international travel

11/8/18

Traveling Abroad for the Holidays, Updates from CDC

11/5/18

Study finds Ebola vaccines continue to protect over 2 years later

11/2/18

How Yellow Fever Turned New Orleans Into The 'City Of The Dead' (NPR)

10/31/18

Malaria: Sniffer dogs to help in fight to eradicate disease (BBC)

10/19/18

Free CE: West Nile Virus and Other Nationally Notifiable Arboviral Diseases - United States, 2017 (MMWR)

9/26/18

Gene editing of mosquitoes could be the end of malaria

9/23/18

Tetanus in Areas Affected by Hurricanes (CDC)

9/13/18

WHO Position Paper on Dengue Vaccine September 2018

9/9/18

Cartoons about malaria? See these 2 great videos: The 7 Dwarfs Whistle While They Work To Fight Malaria (NPR)

9/6/18

Progress Toward Poliovirus Containment Implementation - Worldwide, 2017-2018 MMWR

9/6/18

CE Available! Assessment of State, Local, and Territorial Zika Planning and Preparedness Activities - United States, June 2016-July 2017 MMWR

9/5/18

Weaponized Health Communication: Twitter Bots and Russian Trolls Amplify the Vaccine Debate (AJPH)

8/24/18

New Open Access Journal from THE LANCET: EClinicalMedicine

8/14/18

Check out these useful CDC apps and simplify your practice.

8/9/18

CDC now recommends that men with possible Zika virus exposure who are planning to conceive with their partner wait at least 3 months after symptom onset or their last possible: Interim Guidance for Preconception Counseling and Prevention of Sexual Transmission of Zika Virus for Men with Possible Zika Virus Exposure - United States, August 2018 (MMWR)

8/2/18

France 2018 measles outbreak: 2,500 cases, 22% hospitalized, 3 dead; vaccination mandate expanded January 2018 (Vaccine Today)

7/18/18

Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 - Democratic Republic of the Congo

7/18/18

Interim CDC Guidance for Travel to and from Countries Affected by the New Polio Vaccine Requirements and Recommendations

6/23/18

Pandemic Influenza: 100 Years (The Lancet Podcast)

5/16/18

Postmortem Findings in Person with Guillain-Barré Syndrome and Zika Virus(EID podcast)

5/16/18

Deadly Respiratory Disease in Wild Chimpanzees (EID podcast)

6/11/18

New Rapid Rabies Test Could Revolutionize Testing and Treatment (CDC)

4/26/18

Prevention of Pertussis, Tetanus, and Diphtheria with Vaccines in the United States: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)

4/25/18

Study finds health education and persuasion campaigns less likely to lead to vaccination; indirect behavior modification more effective

4/25/18

Recommendations for Use of a Hep B Vaccine with Novel Adjuvent (MMWR)

4/24/18

Children/Travel/Toothbrush/Illness: Are They Related? (KidsTravelDoc)

4/21/18

Increasing Influenza Immunization Rates among College Students (NFID and ACHA)

3/19/18

CDC and Global Outbreaks: Highlights from 2017
Notes from the Field: Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Infections in U.S. Medical Tourists Associated with Plastic Surgery - Dominican Republic, 2017 (MMWR)

3/19/18

Fatal Yellow Fever in Travelers to Brazil, 2018 (MMWR)

3/15/18

New Booklet from IAC: Vaccinating Adults, A Step-by-Step Guide

2/15/18

Potential Confounding of Diagnosis of Rabies in Patients with Recent Receiptof Intravenous Immune Globulin MMWR

2/8/18

1/31/18

CDC publishes ACIP recommendations for use of herpes zoster vaccines in MMWR

12/8/17

New Supplement Issue from EID on Global Health Security (CDC)

12/7/17

Utah hepatitis A outbreak hits 95 cases with over 60% needing hospitalization; Los Angeles County approves portable toilets and washbasins to stop spread of HAV among homeless population (IAC)

9/28/17

Avoid unnecessary injuries with appropriate vaccine administration: Video and CE (CDC)

9/28/17

Podcast from Emerging Infections Diseases: Global Health Security

9/22/17

Chikungunya in Italy

9/6/17

IAC revises "Screening Checklist for Contraindications to Vaccines for Children and Teens" and "Screening Checklist for Contraindications to Vaccines for Adults"

8/30/17

Hurricane Harvey and Mosquito-borne Viruses (CDC)

8/11/17

Summary of Notifiable Infectious Diseases and Conditions - United States, 2015 (MMWR)

7/26/17

Nontuberculous Mycobacteria in Medical Tourists to the Dominican Republic (CDC)

7/26/17

NewsBites: Updates from CDC's Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria

7/24/17

The CDC Zika website has recently provided these updates for testing women who are pregnant:
Testing Algorithm for Asymptomatic Pregnant Women
Testing Algorithm for Symptomatic Pregnant Women

6/29/17

New interactive CDC map for travelers going to Zika regions-you can search a destination for Zika risk

6/12/17

Brand new 2018 edition of CDC Yellow Book: Health Information for International Travel is now available for purchase and online

6/5/17

CDC Pink Book Vaccine Webinars Starting June 14

6/5/17

CDC Announces New Podcast: Defining Moments in MMWR History

5/22/17

Tips for Staying Healthy When Traveling Abroad

5/8/17

CDC Health Advisory: Prolonged IgM Antibody Response in People Infected with Zika Virus: Implications for Interpreting Serologic Testing Results for Pregnant Women

4/28/17

Addressing a Yellow Fever Vaccine Shortage - United States 2016-2017 (MMWR)

4/24/17

Immunize Canada has recently re-launched its website in a more mobile-friendly format, and invites everyone to check out the following new features:

Fully responsive for hand-held devices
Clean new design
Updated content
Easy navigation
Fully bilingual (English/French)
More resources to promote immunization

4/24/17

On April 20, 2017, CDC released the General Best Practice Guidelines for Immunization. The General Best Practice Guidelines for Immunization replaces the 2011 General Recommendations on Immunization.

3/13/17

Estimated Incubation Period for Zika Virus Disease (EID)

1/30/17

NEW CDC Grand Rounds Presentation-Zika Virus: A Primer for Nurses

1/19/17

Guidance for Assessment of Poliovirus Vaccination Status and Vaccination of Children Who Have Received Poliovirus Vaccine Outside the United States (MMWR)

1/6/16

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have released a 2017 digital supplement to the 13th Edition of "Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases," also known as the Pink Book.

12/17/16

Mylan launches EpiPen generic at $300 per two-pack

11/8/16

Kids Travel Doc: Children/Travel/Vaccines

10/14/16

Emerging Infectious Diseases Podcast: Resurgence of Yellow Fever in Angola, 2015-2016

9/27/16

Rabies in Organ Recipients EID Podcast (CDC)

8/30/16

Dengue Returns: Emerging Infectious Diseases Podcast and article

8/23/16

Zika Update: Clinical Laboratory Testing and Care of Infants with Congenital Zika Virus Infection (COCA, CDC)

8/23/16

Update: Interim Guidance for the Evaluation and Management of Infants withPossible Congenital Zika Virus Infection - United States, August 2016

7/14/16

Interim U.S. Guidance for Monitoring and Movement of Persons with Potential Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) Exposure (CDC)

7/13/16

Projected Zika Virus Importation and Subsequent Ongoing Transmission after Travel to the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games - Country-Specific Assessment, July 2016 (MMWR)

6/16/16

Notes from the Field: Typhoid Fever Outbreak Associated with an Asymptomatic Carrier at a Restaurant - Weld County, Colorado, 2015 (MMWR)

5/18/16

Diagnosis and Management of Tickborne Rickettsial Diseases: Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and Other Spotted Fever Group Rickettsioses, Ehrlichioses, and Anaplasmosis - United States, A Practical Guide for Health Care and Public Health Professionals (MMWR)

2/21/16

Malaria Surveillance - United States 2010 MMWR (CDC): Malaria - US 2010

2/21/16

CDC Yellow Book updated regarding bismuth subsalicylate for the treatment of travelers' diarrhea in children (CDC): TD in Children and Bismuth Subsalicylate Yellow Book

2/16/16

Drug advisory in Pakistan (US Embassy)

2/16/16

New yellow fever vaccine requirements for South Africa(CDC)

2/7/16

Third unvaccinated patient recovers from rabies (CDC)

1/20/16

Learn about Zika virus symptoms, how it is spread, sign up for e-mail updates

1/5/16

CDC At-A-Glance Resource Guide on Vaccine Administration and Storage and Handling

12/30/15

Rabies in a Dog Imported from Egypt with a Falsified Rabies Vaccination Certificate - Virginia, 2015(MMWR)

12/30/15

Article: Reducing pain during vaccine injections: clinical practice guideline (Canadian Medical Association)

12/30/15

Podcast: Reducing pain during vaccine injections: clinical practice guideline(Canadian Medical Association)

11/18/15

Notes from the Field: Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis Associated with Hot Spring Exposure During International Travel - Seminole County, Florida, July 2014

11/18/15

Polio in Nigeria

10/22/15

Reducing pain at the time of vaccination: WHO position paper - September 2015

9/3/15

Intervals Between PCV13 and PPSV23 Vaccines: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) (MMWR)

7/10/15

Malaria Prophylaxis Failure with Doxycycline, Central African Republic, 2015 (CDC)

7/10/15

Online Version of Yellow Book 2016 now available (CDC)

7/10/15

CDC releases coverage of International Health Regulations (IHR)

7/6/15

Introduction of Inactivated Poliovirus Vaccineand Switch from Trivalent to Bivalent Oral Poliovirus Vaccine - Worldwide, 2013-2016 (CDC)

6/5/15

New edition of The Pink Book: now avaiilable (PHF) Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases, 13th Edition

6/5/15

Progress Toward Polio Eradication - Worldwide, 2014-2015

5/6/15

Hajj and Umrah in Saudi Arabia - Alert - Level 2, Practice Enhanced Precautions (CDC)

4/24/15

Possible Sexual Transmission of Ebola Virus - Liberia, 2015 (CDC)

4/24/15

Dengue in Malaysia (CDC)

4/24/15

Ross River virus disease in Australia (CDC)

4/24/15

Announcements: World Malaria Day - April 25, 2015

4/24/15

Tracking Progress Toward Polio Eradication - Worldwide, 2013-2014

4/24/15

Multidrug-Resistant Travelers' Diarrhea: Counseling Travelers on Responsible Self-Treatment (CDC)

4/23/15

Typhoid in Uganda (CDC)

4/23/15

Dengue in Brazil (CDC)

4/23/15

2015 World Expo in Milan, Italy (CDC)

4/13/15

Send a text message with the word "TRAVEL" to 21756 on the day you start Vivotif You'll receive text message reminders when it's time to take your remaining capsules This recurring program includes a total of 4 messages over the course of 7 days

4/13/15

Hand, Foot, and Mouth (HFMD) Disease in Singapore (CDC)

4/11/15

Animal-Associated Exposure to Rabies Virus among Travelers, 1997 - 2012 (CDC)

4/11/15

H5N1 Bird Flu in Egypt (CDC)

4/6/15

Importation and Domestic Transmission of Shigella sonnei Resistant to Ciprofloxacin - United States, May 2014-February 2015

3/27/15

CDC - Malaria - Brazil, Goias and Rio de Janeiro States: Increase in Malaria

3/27/15

Tropical Cyclone Pam in Vanuatu - Alert - Level 2, Practice Enhanced Precautions (CDC)

3/27/15

Use of 9-Valent Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccine: Updated HPV Vaccination Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices

3/27/15

Updated Recommendations for the Use of Typhoid Vaccine - Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, United States, 2015

3/19/15

Japanese Encephalitis Vaccines: WHO position paper - February 2015

2/12/15

Avian Flu in China (CDC)

2/12/15

Chikungunya in the Cook Islands (CDC)

2/4/15

Update: Ebola Virus Disease Epidemic - West Africa, January 2015 (CDC)

12/15/14

U.S. Multi-state Measles Outbreak, December 2014-January 2015 (CDC)

12/15/14

Vivotif(R) Contact Information
Vivotif^® (Typhoid Vaccine Live Oral Ty21a), is now manufactured by PaxVax GmbH (PaxVax)
You can order by calling the main line 800-533-5899, or for an inside sales representative, the number is 609-654-4321: ext 46 -Emily Lindsay ext 47-Beth Heine ext 48 -Robin DiCroce.

12/9/14

Pertussis Epidemic - California, 2014

12/5/14

Notes from the Field: Transmission of Chikungunya Virus in the Continental United States - Florida, 2014 (MMWR)

12/4/14

Malaria Surveillance - United States, 2012 (MMWR)

11/12/14

Chikungunya virus infections among travelers-United States, 2010-2013Am J Trop Med Hyg

11/12/14

Progress toward poliomyelitis eradication - Afghanistan and Pakistan, January 2013-August 2014 MMWR

11/4/14

Chikungunya in French Polynesia

11/4/14

Dengue in China (Guangdong Province)

10/24/14

Control of Ebola Virus Disease - Firestone District, Liberia, 2014

9/30/14

The New England Journal of Medicine on Ebola: Series of Open Access Articles (NEJM)

9/18/14

Estimating the Future Number of Cases in the Ebola Epidemic (CDC)

9/18/14

Sequential administration and recommended intervals for PCV13 and PPSV23 for adults aged >65 years - Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, United States

9/15/14

Measles Outbreak in an Unvaccinated Family and a Possibly Associated International Traveler - Orange County, Florida, December 2012 - January 2013 (CDC)

8/28/14

Assessing and Mitigating the Risks for Polio Outbreaks in Polio-Free Countries - Africa, 2013-2014 (CDC)

8/28/14

Update on Cases of Delayed Hemolysis After Parenteral Artesunate Therapy for Malaria - United States, 2008 and 2013 (CDC)

8/20/14

Interim Guidance for Environmental Infection Control in Hospitals for Ebola Virus (CDC)

8/18/14

2014-15 influenza vaccination recommendations (MMWR)

8/18/14

CDC issues VISs for the 2014-15 influenza vaccine

7/31/14

ATHNA Stands by our colleagues in West Africa fighing the Ebola Virus outbreak.

7/16/14

World Hepatitis Day (CDC)

7/16/14

In honor of World Malaria Day 2014: Free Virtual Issue on Malaria (Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease)

7/11/14

Incidence and Spectrum of Health Problems Among Travelers to Laos

7/11/14

Sensitivity of Parasitological Tests in Imported Plasmodium vivax Malaria in Adults and Impact of Chemoprophylaxis and Attack Type

7/11/14

Skin and Soft Tissue Infections Following Marine Injuries and Exposures in Travelers

7/10/14

New study published in Pediatrics reinforces the safety of vaccination

7/7/14

Interim CDC Guidance for Polio Vaccination for Travel to and from Countries Affected by Wild Poliovirus

6/24/14

Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommends a preference for using the nasal spray flu vaccine in children 2-8 years (CDC)

6/24/14

Ebola Viral Disease Outbreak - West Africa, 2014 (CDC)

6/23/14

Free Editor's Choice Articles from ISTM

6/23/14

LeishMan Recommendations for Treatment of Cutaneous and Mucosal Leishmaniasis in Travelers, 2014
Johannes Blum et al.

6/23/14

Making Sausages
Glenn Wortmann

6/23/14

Effectiveness of Short Prophylactic Course of Atovaquone-Proguanil in Travelers to Sub-Saharan Africa
Eyal Leshem et al.

6/23/14

Malaria Chemoprophylaxis with Atovaquone-Proguanil: Is a Shorter Regimen Fully Protective?
Martin P. Grobusch

6/23/14

Results from Screening Immigrants of Low-Income Countries: Data from a Public Primary Health Care
Olga Hladun et al.

6/13/14

Malaria Outbreak in Egypt: Recommendations for Travelers

6/7/14

Hajj and Umrah in Saudi Arabia (CDC)

6/7/14

Ebola in Sierra Leone (CDC)

6/5/14

Editor's Choice Articles Journal of Travel Medicine (ISTM)

6/5/14

Ebola outbreak in West Africa(PHAC)

6/5/14

Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV)

6/5/14

Zika virus infection in Chile, New Caledonia and the Cook Islands

6/5/14

Schistosoma Haematobrium Infections Acquired in Corsica, France, August 2013 (Eurosurveillance)

6/5/14

Notes from the Field: Chikungunya Virus Spreads in the Americas - Caribbean and South America, 2013-2014 (CDC)

6/4/14

New WHO Polio Vaccination Requirements (CDC)

6/3/14

Free CE from CDC: Update on Vaccine Storage and Handling

5/30/14

2014 World Cup in Brazil (CDC)

5/27/14

NEW: World Cup 2014: Travelers to Brazil Urged to Get Flu Vaccine(CDC)

5/27/14

Rabies Death Attributed to Exposure in Central America with Symptom Onset in a U.S. Detention Facility - Texas, 2013 (CDC)

5/22/14

Dr. Tom Frieden, Director of CDC, on Responding to MERS (NPR)

5/20/14

Free iTunes app shows CDC recommended immunization schedules

5/16/14

Dengue Clinical Case Management Course (CDC)

5/12/14

Second Case of MERS-CoV Confirmed in Florida

5/2/14

WHO Statement on the Meeting of the International Health Regulations Emergency Committee Concerning the International Spread of Wild Poliovirus

5/2/14

Clinical Update: Destination-specific Guidance for Polio Vaccination (CDC)

5/6/14

CDC confirms first case of Middle East Coronavirus Infection (MERS) in U.S.

4/24/14

Documentary Film: The Invisible Threat
The film focuses on understanding the science of vaccination and the misconceptions leading parents to delay or decline life-saving immunizations. This 40-minute independent documentary, produced by award winning high school student filmmakers, has earned praise from more than 50 organizations, including the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Mayo Clinic, Johns Hopkins, and Every Child By Two, calling the documentary "powerful," "fast-paced," "well-balanced," and "impeccably produced."