Danielle Koenig Health Promotion Supervisor Center for Public Affairs Washington State Department of Health The way schools collect immunization records and comply with immunization rules will ... Read More
New Combination Vaccine
Excerpted by Edgar K. Marcuse, MD, MPH, FPIDS, FAAP from the Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Disease Society: https://doi.org/10.1093/jpids/piz058 A biologics license application for a ... Read More
Changes to State Immunization Rules for Schools and Childcares
The State Board of Health (SBOH) has approved changes to Chapter 246-105 of the Washington Administrative Code (WAC) concerning school and child care immunization policy. These rules apply to all ... Read More
K-CHIP Update: Adolescent Immunizations Learning Collaborative
Tatiana Sarkhosh, MPH Program Manager, WCAAP We are halfway through our first cohort cycle of the King County Child Health Improvement Partnership adolescent immunizations learning collaborative! ... Read More
Influenza Vaccine 2019 Update – the Return of a Reformulated Live-Attenuated Vaccine
Frank Bell, MD, FAAP Swedish Pediatric Infectious Disease, Seattle Swedish Pediatrics Representative, Washington Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics ‘Tis the season! - the influenza ... Read More
August is National Immunization Awareness Month
August is National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM). This annual observance highlights the efforts of health care providers to protect patients of all ages against vaccine-preventable diseases ... Read More
New Immunization Certificate of Exemption Available
Washington State Department of Health As of July 28, 2019, Washington state law will no longer allow a personal and philosophical option to exempt children from the MMR vaccine required for school ... Read More
MMR Vaccine Exemption Law Change + Resources
In 2019, the Washington State Legislature passed a bill that removes the personal and philosophical option to exempt children from the MMR (measles, mumps, and rubella) vaccine required for school and ... Read More
Opinion: Implementing HB 1638 in Your Practice
Edgar K. Marcuse, MD, MPH, FPIDS Douglas J. Opel, MD, MPH, FAAP Douglas Diekema, MD, MPH, FAAP Editor’s note: WCAAP is working closely with the Washington State Department of Health to develop ... Read More
HepB Vaccine Guidance: Getting to Zero by 2020
Shilpi Chabra, MD, FAAP Associate Professor Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics University of Washington & Seattle Children's Hospital Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection causes ... Read More