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

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

2022

December 2022 (PDF)

• High levels of respiratory viral activity circulating
• Band Together to Protect Each Other against flu and COVID-19
• COVID-19 bivalent booster fact sheet
• Preventing COVID-19 vaccine errors
• Pneumococcal vaccine update
• Measles recommendations published
• Department of Human Services (DHS) postcard
• Central Minnesota Immunization Connection (CMIC) closure
• MIIC User Survey

November 2022 (PDF)

• Final reminder: MnVFC annual re-enrollment due today
• MIIC biannual webinar series recordings and CEUs
• Vaccine equity: Restart MMR vaccine conversations with parents previously hesitant
• COVID-19 bivalent booster fact sheet
• Varicella update
• Minnesota vaccination coverage highlight: Polio

October 2022 (PDF)

• Measles update
• Reminder: MnVFC annual re-enrollment due Nov. 30
• MIIC 20th anniversary
• MIIC Biannual Webinar Series
• Tdap catch-up for 7- to 9-year-olds
• MPX vaccine access

September 2022 (PDF)

• Fall flu guide
• MnVFC annual re-enrollment due Nov. 30
• Upcoming UUAV program change
• Measles outbreak and MMR vaccine
• MMR vaccine ordering
• Save the Dates: MIIC Biannual Webinar Series
• COVID-19 primary series and booster recommendation review

August 2022 (PDF)

• New immunization resource
• Vax to School
• Novavax COVID-19 vaccine to include 12-17-year-olds
• Flu vaccination recs are published
• Influenza vaccine distribution is underway
• UUAV influenza vaccine eligibility update
• Monkeypox (MPX) vaccine
• Entering data into MIIC
• Broadcast Fax service ending

July 2022 (PDF)

• Keep kids on track with well-child checks and immunizations
• Pertussis reminder
• Prepare for flu vaccine distribution
• Discontinuation of Diphtheria and Tetanus Toxoids Adsorbed (DT) vaccine
• Newly licensed 15-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine for kids
• Minnesota Health Care Programs (MCHP) provider billing for vaccine counseling visits
• Broadcast Fax service ending

June 2022 (PDF)

• COVID-19 vaccination recommendations for under 5
• New MMR product
• New child care data
• MIIC webinar series
• MDH vaccine protocols
• Monkeypox
• Immunization Champion Award
• NAIIS 2022 Immunization Excellence Awards call for nominations

May 2022 (PDF)

• Immunization rates decline for school-age kids
• Adolescent vaccine reminder postcard
• Are Your Kids Ready?
• Think measles: before and after travel
• Immunization Champion Award
• COVID update
• MIIC webinar series

April 2022 (PDF)

• Traveling patients? Think measles!
• Curious about your current immunization rates? Use the MIIC Assessment Reports!
• Adult immunization web content updates
• New Hepatitis B vaccination protocols published
• Current VISs

March 2022 (PDF)

• Need for more testing for varicella and zoster
• Change of meningococcal vaccine products
• Updated pneumococcal conjugate vaccine recommendations
• Another hepatitis B vaccine for adults
• Promote pediatric vaccination during National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW) April 24-30, 2022
• Immunization Quality Improvement for Providers (IQIP) can help raise coverage
• MIIC texting project

February 2022 (PDF)

• Updated interval for mRNA primary series
• Update on Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for people under 5 years
• ACIP recommends Moderna’s Spikevax (COVID-19 vaccine)
• MIIC Client Follow-Up Training Video Updated
• Promote HPV vaccination during International HPV Awareness Day on March 4

January 2022 (PDF)

• Kids Deserve a Shot vaccine incentive program
• Recombinant Zoster Vaccine (RZV) now recommended for immunocompromised people 19 years and older
• COVID-19 vaccine updates
• Vaccine recommendation updates
• Influenza vaccine prebook for the 2022-2023 season