National Influenza Vaccination Week (NIVW) is Dec. 1-7, 2019. This is the perfect time to remind patients that it’s not too late to get their flu vaccine and why flu vaccination is so important. For the 2018-19 season, only about 64% of Minnesota children age 6 months through 17 years received a flu vaccine. The […]
Following the 2017 measles outbreak, Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) Somali outreach staff conducted a telephone survey with 300 Somali Minnesota families who had previously delayed vaccination with the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine. The results of this survey have been shared through an infographic available in English and Somali. The infographic provides useful […]
MNAAP member and Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Chapter Champion Abby Meyer, MD, MPH, FAAP, shares that the Joint Committee on Infant Hearing (JCIH) recently released its 2019 position statement. The JCIH continues to encourage Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) activities beginning at birth to identify children who are deaf or hard of hearing. According to the […]
