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 January 2025 issue:
Feature Article
Getting accurate information in an age of misinformation
Dr. Handy's Corner
Can adults get a booster dose of polio vaccine if they’re unsure about their immunity?
News & Notes
- Lower infant death rates
- WHO estimates rates of long COVID
- Resistant bacteria, a concern in Ukraine
Just the Vax Trivia Corner
During which U.S. president’s term was the first childhood vaccination program launched?
Past issues of Parents PACK newsletter
Read 2025 issues online
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
- November | PDF (English | Spanish)
3 Considerations for COVID-19 vaccination of 5- to 11-year-old children - February | PDF (English | Spanish)
Long-term side effects of COVID-19 vaccine? What we know
For other 2021 issues of Parents PACK, please check our archive.