Immunizations
Idaho Immunization Coalition Update
I wanted to share a couple of items before the end of the year. Below is the Idaho Immunization Coalition annual newsletter. Please take a few minutes and check out all of the great work we did in 2025. It takes a huge team to be as successful as we were and for those who have been part of our organization over the years, I thank you!
I also want to give a great shout out to Dr. Noreen Womack, for her second op-ed in the past couple of weeks. “What will happen to our Idaho kids when vaccine misinformation reigns?” https://idahocapitalsun.com/2025/12/17/what-will-happen-to-our-idaho-kids-when-vaccine-misinformation-reigns/ We have also shared in the IIC newsletter Dr. Womack op-ed on birth dose hep b.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! -Karen
Immunization Links & Resources
- Watch Now: Meningitis and Staying Protected Against this Deadly Disease (website)
- Letter from the AAP President: vaccine updates, AAP actions (website)
- SURVIVOR SERIES - Unseen Battles: HPV
- Understanding the Benefits of Vaccines: Common Questions (website)
- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website has been changed to suggest vaccines cause autism. In response, the AAP has put out a news release reaffirming the message that, "The conclusion is clear and unambiguous: There’s no link between vaccines and autism." A link to the news release has been added to the top of the AAP.org homepage. Below are links to the AAP news release, AAP News article, and AAP social media posts. If you have any questions or need support with your chapter communications on this, please contact Jennifer Nimke, Director, Media Relations.
- AAP News Release: Statement by AAP President Susan J. Kressly, MD, FAAP on Changes to CDC’s Website on Autism (website)
- AAP News: AAP: ‘Stop wasting government resources to amplify false claims’ about vaccines, autism (website)
- AAP Fact Check Website: The Measles Vaccine is Safe and Effective (website)
- Coalition Statement on the Impact and Safety of Vaccines (website)
- CDC Releases 2025 Immunization Schedules (website)
- Docket® Immunization Records Mobile App (website)
Get easy access to your personal and family immunization records. - Immunizations - Communicating with Families (website)
- Mountain West HPV Project ACS | NCI CCC Partnership Model (pdf)
- AAP Vaccine Policy Pager (pdf)
- AAP Vaccine One Pager (pdf)
- Immunization Exemption Fact Sheet 2019 (pdf)
- Measles Outbreak
- CDC: 314 measles cases confirmed in 15 states (website)
- HPV Toolkit (website)
- Only 49 Percent Of US Teens Are Fully Vaccinated Against HPV, CDC Says. (website)
- Get Immunized Idaho (website)
A new coalition to promote immunization in Idaho - Doctors Can Increase Vaccination Rates In Kids Using New Approach, Study Finds (website)
- Parent Handout: Take a Shot at Cancer (pdf)
- Infographic: HPV Screening (pdf)
- Protecting Our Children From HPV Cancers (pdf)
- HPV Vaccination: Just The Facts For Parents (pdf)
- HPV: Don’t Wait To Vaccinate (pdf)
- HPV: Take A Shot At Cancer (pdf)
- Mission HPV Cancer Free Call to Action (pdf)
- Men Found Six Times More Likely Than Women To Have Highest Risk HPV Infection (website)
- Why HPV Vaccination Rates Remain Low in Rural States (website)
- AAP Issues Updated Flu Vaccine Recommendations (website)
ACS Resources Supporting Survivorship Program
- ACS Survivorship Center
- Cancer Survivorship E‐Learning Series for Primary Care Providers
- Life After Treatment Guide
- The National Cancer Survivorship Resource Center Toolkit: Implementing Clinical Practice Guidelines for Cancer Survivorship Care
HPV Resources & Links
COVID-19 Resources & Links
- AAP Pediatric COVID-19 Vaccine Dosing Guide Updated (website)
- AAP Statement on COVID Vaccine Recommendations for Children (website)
- AAP: Removal of COVID vaccines from immunization schedules for healthy children, pregnant people disregards process, increases risk (website)
- Vaccine Effectiveness Against Long COVID in Children (website)
- Maternal COVID-19 Vaccination and Prevention of Symptomatic Infection in Infants (pdf)
- Guest Opinion - Do it for the kids: Another reason to get vaccine, as COVID-19 hits younger Idahoans (pdf)
- Outpatient COVID-19 Management Strategies in Children and Adolescents (pdf)
- Caring for Patients in Inpatient and Outpatient Settings During Episodes of Surge (pdf)
- Providing Acute Care in the Ambulatory Setting (pdf)
- FDA, AAP Caution Against Off-Label Use Of COVID-19 Vaccine In Younger Children (website)
- Face Mask FAQ (website)
- Advocacy Resources (website)
- Surgeon General Predicts High Likelihood Of COVID-19 Vaccine For Children Under 12 Approved During Next School Year (website)
- Majority Of American Parents Have Not Vaccinated Teenagers Against COVID-19 (website)
- Half of US counties have high COVID-19 transmission (website)
- Benefits Of COVID-19 Vaccination Outweigh Risks Of Heart Inflammation In Young People, CDC Advisers Say (website)
- COVID Vaccine Advice if You Are Pregnant or Breastfeeding (pdf)
- Changing The COVID Conversation (website)
- COVID-19 Vaccines May Be Available For Young Children In US By Fall (website)
- Many Parents Have Concerns About Their Children Being Vaccinated Against COVID-19 (website)
- Moderna says its COVID-19 vaccine is 96% effective in teens (website)
- Act Early Idaho Resiliency Toolkit (website)