June 9, 2025 — Statement by Susan Kressly, MD, FAAP, president of the American Academy of Pediatrics, on the decision by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to fire the members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).
MCAAP Call to Action – Support Immunization Bills H.2554 and S.1557 by contacting the Joint Committee on Public Health! (6/4/25)
June 5, 2025 – A Joint Committee on Public Health Hearing on vaccine-related legislation will be held this Friday (6/6/25), at the State House. This MCAAP sent a Call to Action ask members to contact the Joint Committee on Public Health in support of H.2554 and S.1557. The Call to Action details ways to help in this effort.
If you have questions, please contact Cynthia McReynolds (cmcreynolds@mcaap.org) or Cathleen Haggerty (chaggerty@mcaap.org).
2025 Vaccine Education Webinar Series: Measles Update: Spring 2025 (5/1/25, 12:00 PM) (posted 4/15/25)
April 15, 2025 — On Thursday, May 1, at 12:00 PM ET, the 2025 Vaccine Education Webinar Series will present, “Measles Update: Spring 2025.” Angela Fowler, MD, FAAP, Associate Medical Director for Vaccine Preventable Diseases, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, and John Snyder, MD, FAAP, Pediatrician, Amherst Pediatrics, will present.
Webinar registration
National Influenza Vaccination Week is December 2-6, 2024
National Influenza Vaccination Week (NIVW) is an annual, national awareness week focused on highlighting the importance of influenza vaccination. NIVW will be held from December 2-6 this year. NIVW serves as a reminder that it’s not too late to recommend influenza vaccination for everyone 6 months and older for whom influenza vaccination is appropriate. Click here for information to promote NIVW in your networks.
On Thursday, December 5, at 12:00 PM ET, the MCAAP Immunization Initiative, in partnership with Families Fighting Flu, and the Massachusetts Vaccine Confidence Project, will host, “A Father’s Story – Storytelling and Motivational Interviewing to Increase Influenza Vaccine Uptake.” Click here to register for the webinar.
MCAAP Resource Packet on RSV Prevention in Infants and Nirsevimab
The resource packet has been updated. Click here to access the updated resource packet.
