Immunization/Vaccination

National Network for Immunization Information (NNii)
NNii provides up-to-date, science-based information to healthcare professionals, the media, policy makers, and the public — everyone who needs to know the facts about immunization. IDSA is a partner organization of NNii.

• Immunization Newsbriefs
  Immunization Newsbriefs is a service of NNii that provides an easy way to keep on top of the latest vaccine issues in the news. Summaries of recent vaccine news coverage are posted every Thursday (excluding federal holidays).
• Do Vaccines Cause That?!
  This new guide for evaluating vaccine safety concerns for parents and consumers will be available in Fall 2007. The guide provides science-based answers to questions about the safety of vaccines, with no advocating hype or anti-vaccine propaganda. 
• Are Vaccines Safe? Evaluating Information About Immunizations on the Internet
  This 16-page booklet from NNii provides tips on how to find reliable information on the Internet about vaccines and how to evaluate the accuracy and validity of this type of information. Health professionals may use this booklet as a patient hand-out and parents may use it as a tool to evaluate health information they may find on the Internet.

Childhood Immunization Support Program (CISP)
CISP is a program of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) funded through a cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). CISP provides education and resources on immunization and immunization-related issues.

• Sound Advice from the American Academy of Pediatrics
  AAP offers a series of audio interviews with pediatricians, researchers, advocates and other parents. Parents can listen first-hand as experts and parents answer questions and share experiences concerning vaccination and immunization. All interviews may be downloaded in .mp3 format and edited transcripts are posted on the website.
• Vaccine Studies: Examine the Evidence
  AAP has compiled a list of research studies which examine any link between vaccination and autism so that parents and advocates can examine the scientific evidence for themselves. The studies were all published in peer-reviewed medical journals.
• Facts for Parents about Vaccine Safety
  This is a brief downloadable document for parents which answers basic questions about immunization and vaccination.
• The Childhood Immunization Schedule: Why Is It Like That?
  This downloadable PDF addresses questions about vaccination timing and why not all vaccination schedules are the same.
• Questions and Answers about Vaccine Ingredients
  This downloadable PDF details the common ingredients in vaccines and dispels myths about vaccination safety. 
• Vaccines: What Every Parent Should Know
  This brief fact sheet gives five reasons why childhood vaccination is important.

Vaccinate Your Baby 
This website features news and information for parents who wish to learn the truth about immunization and how best to protect their children from vaccine-preventable diseases. Vaccinate Your Baby is an awareness campaign that was launched by Every Child By Two, an organization devoted to raising awareness of the critical need for timely immunization and to foster a systematic way to immunize all of America's children by age two.

Immunization Policy & Advocacy
Learn IDSA's positions; view related policy documents, government reports and resources; and see what is happening in Congress and the Federal Agencies about this issue.

• Adult Immunization: Shots to Save Lives (02/04/2010)
  A new report released by the Trust for America's Health (TFAH), the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) found that more than 30 percent of adults ages 65 and older had not been immunized against pneumonia in 36 states as of 2008.

Information About: Avian/Pandemic Flu 
View IDSA's new extensive resources on avian and pandemic influenza, containing information on avian flu in humans and birds, the outbreak of H5N1 in Asia, treatment, vaccine development, travel recommendations, surveillance, infection control, pandemic preparedness planning, and more.