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The following text is from an archived Red Book® edition and may not reflect current recommendations or information. To view the current edition, click here.
Section 1. Active and Passive Immunization
SOURCES OF VACCINE INFORMATION
In addition to the Red Book, which is published at intervals of approximately 3 years, physicians should use evidence-based literature and other sources for data to answer specific vaccine questions encountered in practice. Such sources include the following:
Pediatrics. Policy statements developed by the Committee on Infectious Diseases (COID) providing updated recommendations are published in Pediatrics between editions of the Red Book. Policy statements also may be accessed via the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Web site (www.aap.org).
The updated recommended childhood and adolescent immunization schedule for the United States is published annually in the January issue of Pediatrics and elsewhere (see Scheduling Immunizations, p 21).
AAP News. Policy statements (or statement summaries) from the COID often are published initially in AAP News, the Academy’s monthly newspaper, to inform the AAP membership promptly of new recommendations.
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). Published weekly by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), MMWR contains current vaccine recommendations, reports of specific disease activity,
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