Every Child By Two: May 2004 Newsletter

A Monthly Publication of Every Child By Two
May 2004

Our Mission
To protect all children from vaccine preventable diseases by raising parental awareness of
the critical need for timely infant immunizations, fostering the establishment of a systematic
method to locate and immunize children, and providing convenient access to immunization
services into the future.

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ECBT Attends 2004 National Influenza Vaccine Summit

The 4th Annual National Influenza Vaccine Summit was hosted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the American Medical Association (AMA) in mid-April. ECBT participated in the conference along with approximately 130 stakeholders involved in the research, production, distribution, administration, and advocacy of the influenza (flu) vaccine. Click here for our report on this meeting.

California's Health Plans And Coalitions Spearhead Activities During Immunization Week

ECBT traveled to California for several days in April to help immunization advocates promote immunization registries and celebrate National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW). Click here to read about and see photos from the trip.

On The Hill Congress is currently at an impasse in its fiscal year 2005 budget negotiations (budget resolution). The Senate is stalemated on the issue of whether to require offsets—lower spending in some areas and/or revenue increases--in order to accommodate any new tax cuts or spending increase. The budget resolution sets spending limits for the appropriations committees. Whether or not Congress can reach agreement on a final budget resolution, appropriators may send spending bills to the floor beginning on May 15. Click here to read more.

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Institute Of Medicine Releases Definitive Final Report Rejecting Relationship Between Vaccines And Autism

The Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) Immunization Safety Review (ISR) Committee released its final report examining the hypothesis that vaccines, specifically the Measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine and thimerosal-containing vaccines, are causally associated with autism. The committee concluded that “the body of epidemiological evidence favors a rejection of a causal relationship between the MMR vaccine and autism…and that the body of epidemiological evidence favors a rejection of a causal relationship between thimerosal-containing vaccines and autism.” . Click here for the whole story.

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