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PedJobs
PedJobs is the official employment resource of the American Academy of Pediatrics and is free to the job seeker.
Northwest Regional Primary Care Association Job Bank
If you are interested in a clinical job posting with a community health center in AK, ID, OR or WA, please visit our clinical job listing to search for positions and upload your information.
The American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM)
Sponsors an internet-based job bank at www.midwifejobs.com, for which they charge $250 for a 4-week listing. ACNM also has a description of Federally Qualified Health Centers in relation to the midwifery profession.
The National Rural Health Association (NRHA)
Operates an online job bank
smalltownmdjobs.com
Online services aimed at recruiting doctors and nurses to rural locations
The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
The American Academy of Physician Assistants uses the same database, as do other professional organizations,
Hepatitis B Facts: Testing&Vaccination
The "Hepatitis B Facts: Testing and vaccination" was updated to
reflect changes made to ACIP's recommendations that expand the
definition of who is eligible to receive hepatitis B vaccine.
MMWR corrects an error in the vaccination schedule for persons aged 0-18 years.January 23,2007
In the MMWR QuickGuide "Recommended Immunization Schedules for
Persons Aged 0-18 Years—United States, 2007," an error occurred
in the first sentence of the second bullet of footnote 10 under
Figure 2 on page Q-3. The sentence should read, "Administer 2
doses of varicella vaccine to persons aged <13 years at least 3
months apart."
Interim VIS for Varicella, January 10, 2007
On January 10, CDC released a revised interim VIS for varicella.
It includes changes to reflect the new two-dose schedule for
children and the availability of the measles-mumps-rubella- varicella (MMRV) vaccine. After ACIP publishes these updated recommendations in MMWR, a final varicella VIS will be developed.
Rotavirus: Lo que usted debe saber
En Febrero de 2006, los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC) recomendaron una nueva vacuna para proteger a los lactantes contra el rotavirus. El rotavirus provoca fiebre alta, vómitos y diarrea persistentesenniños pequeños, normalmente durante el invierno en los Estados Unidos.
Recommended Immunization Schedules for persons aged 0-18 Years, USA January 2007
Recommended immunization schedule for persons aged 0-18 years and the catch-up immunization schedule for 2007 includes HPV and Rotavirus vaccines.
Tdap: What you should know
Answers to frequently asked questions about the diseases caused by tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis infections. The sheet also present information about the recently licensed tetanus-diphtheria-pertussis (Tdap)vaccines.
Timerosal: Lo que usted debe saber
A algunos padres les preocupa que el timerosal, un conservante que contienemercurio y se encuentra en la vacuna contra la gripe, provoque autismo. Sin embargo, durante los últimos años, una serie de estudios biológicos y epidemiológicoshan demostrado que esta preocupación no tiene fundamento. A continuación sepresenta un resumen de la evidencia que demuestra que, aunque algunas cosas sà causan autismo, el mercurio de las vacunas no es una de ellas.
Student Action with Farmworkers’ Internship and Volunteer Directory
A listing of farmworker organizations and agencies that are seeking volunteers and interns to support their work.
National Influenza Vaccine Newsletter
To help raise awareness of influenza vaccination recommendations and the importance of continuing vaccination efforts throughout November and beyond, the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the National Influenza Vaccine Summit, partners and stakeholders will be announcing a National Influenza Vaccination Week (NIVW) from Monday, November 27th through Sunday, December 3rd, 2006.
Immunization Update, November 2006
National Influenza Vaccine Summit Newsletter, November 27, 2006
This year, we expect record amounts of influenza vaccine (up to 110-115 million doses) to be available by the end of December. We are also aware that the phased nature of vaccine distribution has resulted in many providers not receiving their full orders of vaccine as early in the vaccination season as they would have liked, making it difficult for them to vaccinate all of their patients during October and early November.
What Can Healthcare Providers Do if They Have Little or No Vaccine During NIVW? November 28, 2006
The purpose of NIVW is to emphasize the importance of influenza vaccination and the need to continue vaccination activities beyond Thanksgiving and into December and January, with providers implementing outreach and offering vaccination prior to, during, and following NIVW that are tailored to the patients they plan to serve and the vaccine supply that they have available.
CDC issues ACIP's General Recommendations on Immunization
The 2006 revision of the General Recommendations features visual
elements, such as diagrams, images, tables. Following are some
of the more notable additions: (1) an updated table of
contraindications and precautions to commonly used vaccines, (2)
images displaying the correct administration site for
intramuscular and subcutaneous injections for infants and
adults, (3) a table outlining the treatment of anaphylaxis, (4)
a table comparing the advantages and disadvantages of various
types of thermometers used to monitor vaccine storage
temperatures, and much more.
New Hampshire Will Offer Free Vaccine To Children For HPV
"The HPV vaccine represents a significant step forward in protecting the health and lives of the women and girls of New Hampshire," said DHHS Commissioner John Stephen. "This represents a small victory in the battle against cancer, and we are thrilled to be able to offer this vaccine. We strongly recommend that all parents consider getting their daughters vaccinated."
