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Parents PACK Newsletter

Parents PACK Newsletter

Parents PACK is a monthly e-newsletter for anyone who wants information about vaccines and vaccine-preventable diseases. Each issue provides timely vaccine information, a feature article, vaccine questions and answers, information about immunizations around the world and a trivia question.

Current issue of Parents PACK

Check out the December 2024 issue: 

Feature Article

Parents PACK 2024: The year in review 

Read the article.

Dr. Handy's Corner

Why do we see measles outbreaks?

Watch the video.

News & Notes

  • Essay contest for students in grades 6-12 
  • New YouTube channel and video series
  • Thinking about critical thinking
  • When politicization of science results in lack of access to healthcare resources 
     

Explore each topic.

Just the Vax Trivia Corner

What famous philanthropist said vaccines are "a miracle," and that "with just a few doses, they can prevent deadly diseases for a lifetime."?

Find out.

Past issues of Parents PACK newsletter

Read 2024 issues online

  • December | PDF
    Parents PACK 2024: The year in review 
  • November | PDF
    Going to the source: Finding out more about a message that includes science
  • October | PDF
    What’s in vaccines and why?
  • September | PDF
    People Are Asking, “Should I Get a COVID-19 Vaccine This Fall?”
  • August | PDF
    Update on Long COVID
  • July | PDF
    JN-what? KP-what? Unscrambling the COVID-19 vaccine story
  • June | PDF
    Empty chairs at dinner tables
  • May | PDF
    Do vaccines cause chronic diseases?
  • April | PDF
    Are mRNA vaccines a type of gene therapy?
  • March | PDF
    Getting vaccinated as an adult: What should I know?
  • February | PDF
    Deadly decisions?
  • January | PDF
    Vaccines during pregnancy: The history and reasons behind the recommendations

Read 2023 issues online

  • September | PDF
    A new vaccine … and it’s for adults! Find out more about RSV and the vaccine.
  • June | PDF
    COVID-19 vaccine: What’s in the vial?
  • April | PDF
    How many trivia questions about vaccine ingredients can you answer?
  • March | PDF
    Does my child benefit from a COVID-19 vaccine?

For other 2023 issues of Parents PACK, please check our archive.

Read 2022 issues online

  • November | PDF
    Flu vaccine: What’s in the vial?
  • May | PDF
    No. This study does not prove what you think it does: Part III
  • April | PDF
    No. This study does not prove what you think it does: Part II
  • March | PDF
    No. This study does not prove what you think it does: Part I

For other 2022 issues of Parents PACK, please check our archive.

Read 2021 issues online

For other 2021 issues of Parents PACK, please check our archive.

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