In this issue: Save The Date – Tuesday, August 28, 2012 – Next VICNetwork Webinar, Featuring Dr. Anne Schuchat; August is National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM); CDC Immunization Update 2012; Pertussis Cases on the Rise in the United States; Help Shot@Life Raise Funds in August; Latest VICNetwork Webinar: Influenza Outlook for 2012-13 Now available On-line; Immunization Strategies: Using the Evidence and What Works to Improve Practice – August 22, 2012 – 2pm ET; Save the Date – National Public Health – Information Coalition (NPHIC) Symposium and Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication Training; Vaccine Education Center Webinar September 12, 2012; APHA’s 140th Annual Meeting & Exposition – Save the Dates – San Francisco, CA – October 27-31, 2012; Clinical Vaccinology Course – National Foundation for Infectious Diseases; Every Child By Two (ECBT).