Click here to view the archived webinar. The presenters for this webinar will provide an overview of the risks of COVID-19 disease for pediatric populations and detail the available COVID-19 vaccination options for various age groups under age 18. The presenters will also provide evidence-based recommendations from the body of academic literature and qualitive and […]
Pre-conference Workshop: Building Vaccine Confidence: Using Motivational Interviewing to Improve Vaccine Uptake Registration for this event has closed. An Immunization Summit Pre-Conference Opportunity will be held on June 9, 2022, at the Summersville Arena and Convention Center. The pre-conference will include workshops on Building Vaccine Confidence: Using Motivational Interviewing to Improve Vaccine Uptake. In 2021, […]
Advanced registration for the 2022 WV Immunization Summit has closed. It’s back! The Eleventh Annual West Virginia Immunization Summit is scheduled for Friday, June 10, 2022 at the Summersville Arena and Conference Center, in Summersville, West Virginia, with a Pre-Conference Opportunity scheduled for June 9th. The Summit is an educational event targeted towards public […]
Click here to view archived webinar. CE information is available below. Recently, the CDC recommended Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 6 months through 5 years and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for children ages 6 months through 4 years. This webinar will provide an overview of clinical presentation & overall impact of COVID-19 on children 6 months […]
Click here to view the archived webinar. Recently, the HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra declared the ongoing monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency in the U.S., and the case count has grown to more than 11,000 cases nationwide. Last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the JYNNEOS […]
Click here to view the archived webinar. The Preparing for the 2022-2023 Influenza Season webinar will provide valuable updates for healthcare providers, laboratorians and public health professionals on upcoming influenza surveillance and prevention activities, such as sentinel provider enrollment and available flu vaccines. Topics will include the importance of influenza surveillance, the laboratory submission procedures […]
Co-Sponsored By: Click here to view the webinar recording. WV consistently ranks first nationally for per capita antibiotic prescription rates in both pediatric and adult outpatient populations. However, WV faces unique obstacles to care in many regions including geographic barriers, poverty, variable health literacy and sparse provider density in most rural areas. Over the last […]
Click here to view the webinar recording. The CDC recently recommended new booster shots targeted at the Omicron BA.4/BA.5 strains of SARS-CoV-2. This webinar will provide a situational update of the COVID-19 pandemic, the SARS COV-2 variants that are currently circulating, and the West Virginia response. It will also provide an overview of the recommendations […]
Click here to nominate a WV Leader The Center for Rural Health Development, Inc is proud to announce the 2022 West Virginia Rural Health Leader Recognition Program. November is National Rural Health Month and The Center for Rural Health Development in partnership with West Virginia Rural Health Association and West Virginia Office of Rural Health […]
Click here to view the webinar recording. On Wednesday, October 12, 2022, CDC’s Director Rochelle P. Walensky, M.D., M.P.H., signed a decision memo expanding the use of updated (bivalent) COVID-19 vaccines to children ages 5 through 11 years. This follows the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) authorization of updated COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech for children ages 5 through […]
Click here to view the webinar recording. Co-Sponsored by: Description: The overall vitality of a community and the health of its residents are intrinsically linked. And though community development organizations nationally invest nearly $400 billion into low-income communities every year, too often the work of this non-profit sector and […]
Click here to view the archived webinar. CEUs are no longer available for this event. On Dec. 8, 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration amended the emergency use authorizations (EUAs) of the updated (bivalent) Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Omicron vaccines to include use in children down to 6 months of age. Following the EUA, the […]