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PRESS RELEASE
U.S. Health Officials Stress Importance of Influenza Vaccination as
Season Opens; Cite New Report Showing Increase in Influenza Hospitalization
Rates
FACTS ABOUT INFLUENZA
FACTS ABOUT PNEUMOCOCCAL DISEASE
STATE-BY-STATE INFLUENZA AND
PNEUMOCOCCAL
VACCINATION RATES – Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
Prevalence Data
INFLUENZA
VACCINATION RATES FOR ADULTS 65+
PNEUMOCOCCAL
VACCINATION RATES FOR ADULTS 65+
BIOGRAPHY: William Schaffner, MD
National Foundation for Infectious Diseases & Professor and Chairman,
Department of Preventive Medicine, Vanderbilt University
School
of Medicine
BIOGRAPHY:
Walter A.Orenstein, MD
Associate
Director, Emory Vaccine Center & Associate Director, Southeastern
Center for Emerging Biologic Threats & Former Assistant Surgeon
General
BIOGRAPHY: Keiji Fukuda, MD, MPH
Team Leader, Epidemiology Unit, Influenza Branch, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention
BIOGRAPHY: Carol J. Baker, MD
American Academy of Pediatrics & Professor of Pediatrics, Baylor College of
Medicine
BIOGRAPHY: Gregory Poland, MD
Director, Mayo Vaccine Research Group, Mayo Clinic
BIOGRAPHY: Herman I. Abromowitz, MD
Board of Trustees, American Medical Association
BIOGRAPHY: Mark B. McClellan, MD, PhD
Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services |