Make Your Vaccine Plan: A Checklist for Staying Protected
Regular updates to COVID-19 and flu vaccines are essential for maintaining protection against these constantly evolving viruses. Staying up to date with recommended vaccines is the best way to reduce your risk of severe illness and help protect your family, friends, and community.
Last Updated12/06/2024
Make Your Vaccine Plan: A Checklist for Staying Protected
FAQ: Getting Your COVID-19 and Flu Vaccines This Respiratory Season
As demonstrated by the surge of cases over the summer, COVID-19 remains a year-round threat that could lead to a surge this winter. This respiratory season, getting vaccinated against COVID-19 and flu is your best option to help protect against severe illness.
Last Updated12/06/2024
FAQ: Getting Your COVID-19 and Flu Vaccines This Respiratory Season
Pregnant people and their babies are at increased risk for complications from infectious respiratory illness. Getting vaccinated can help protect pregnant people and/or their infants against severe illness caused by these germs.
Protect yourself and your community this respiratory disease season—learn how viruses spread, who’s at greatest risk, and what steps you can take to stay healthy and prevent severe illness.
Respiratory Season is Here: Everything You Need to Know About Fall Vaccines
Last Updated11/08/2024
As respiratory illness season is now underway, it’s crucial for healthcare professionals and the public to stay informed on the latest guidance regarding COVID-19, flu, and RSV vaccines. The first featured a fireside chat featuring Dr. Peter Marks of the FDA, who shared key regulatory updates and highlighted the critical role of vaccines in preventing severe illness during respiratory season and beyond.
Following the fireside chat, a panel of experts analyzed the recent summer COVID-19 surge and outline what individuals need to know about receiving their updated vaccines. The panel also discussed the safety, efficacy, and feasibility of co-administering the COVID-19, flu, and RSV vaccines, while examining the current trends in vaccine uptake. By stressing the importance of timely vaccination, the panelists offered practical insights and strategies to ensure widespread protection this fall.
Panelists include:
Peter Marks, MD, PhD, Director, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER), FDA
Uché Blackstock, MD, Emergency Physician, Founder & CEO of Advancing Health Equity
Synovia Moss, MPA, CEO/Managing Partner, Moss Consulting & Management Group, National Project Manager, Good Health Women’s Immunization Networks (Good Health WINs), National Council of Negro Women
Kayla McFeely, PharmD, Vice President, Pharmacy Care, Health & Wellness Programs, National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS)
Sue Peschin, MS, President and CEO, Alliance for Aging Research (moderator)
Supporting Equitable Access to Respiratory Vaccines: Best Practices and Implementation of Risk-Based Recommendations
Last Updated10/15/2024
Risk-based vaccine recommendations are an important mechanism by which public health authorities provide guidance, encourage vaccination, and reach vulnerable populations. That said, implementation of risk-based recommendations can prove challenging.
As we navigate this year’s respiratory illness season, Champions for Vaccine Education, Equity and Progress (CVEEP) held a discussion focused on best practices to support equitable access to respiratory vaccines, which will include an overview of CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommendations for respiratory vaccines, and considerations specific to risk-based recommendations. Featuring insights from leading public health experts, clinicians, and government officials, the event explored what is working, where there might be barriers to implementation and gaps in communication and, how the public health community can work together to ensure all individuals are able to receive the vaccines they need.
Panelists included:
Karyne Jones, President and CEO of the National Caucus and Center on Black Aging and convening member of CVEEP
Dr. Reed Tuckson, Co-Founder of the Black Coalition Against COVID and Co-Founder of the Coalition For Trust in Health & Science
Dr. Evelyn Twentyman, Senior Advisor for Vaccine Strategy, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, CDC
The discussion was moderated by Amy Pisani, CEO of Vaccinate Your Family.
CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) is responsible for developing recommendations on the use of vaccines in the United States. These recommendations— which are ultimately reviewed and approved by the CDC before being adopted into policy—play an important role in guiding healthcare providers, government officials, and public health experts on how vaccines should be administered across various populations to ensure maximum public health protection.
Staying up to date with recommended vaccines is your best first line of defense; however, infections may still occur, so it is important to act quickly at the first sign of symptoms or a positive test. If you begin to experience symptoms, there are testing and treatment options available for you.
