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Michelle Izumizaki, MPH Program Manager Washington Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics WCAAP is participating in the Washington State Department of Health’s Special Populations and Vaccine Hesitancy Workgroup. The […]
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 be different this school […]
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 hexavalent vaccine (Vaxelis) was approved and […]
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 […]
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! Participating clinics include Valley […]
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 vaccine season that is. […]
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 through on-time vaccination. NIAM […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]